If you want to learn more about the rise of terrorism in the Sahel region and the French military intervention into Mali, I uploaded an entire video focused on that darker subject to Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-french-intervention-in-mali In addition to my monthly Modern Conflicts videos on Nebula, I'm also posting monthly videos to Nebula in my new series called War Room, which provides monthly updates from active conflicts happening all around the world. The first episode of this new series can be seen here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-war-room-february-2024 Thanks!

@devildogu1284

Ай бұрын

Attempting to learn from your commentary after you been a clown for 2 years isn't really trustworthy

@BorderWallss

Ай бұрын

I’m still very shocked that most leaders still continue proxy wars due to a massive influence of Cold War proxies.

@anneblackchurch6862

Ай бұрын

​@@devildogu1284what do you mean?

@maxencebarre3833

Ай бұрын

Okay man, I know that what I will write won't be well received in the comments, but please listen to me. I'm not a french troll or a french nationalist (far from it even), but since I'm working in this fields I must say that I am really disappointed with this video. You talked about Françafrique (which is good) but then vomited all the basic stupid russian propaganda that you could find on this subject. No nuance, no counterpoint, no points that well respected medias and organizations in the area would be saying, just blatant old-ass propaganda used by the military juntas in the region. Disappointing from you. Even Reddit threads on this subject would be better made... You could have talked about Bolloré practices in the region (but since you didn't worked on this subject seriously you probably don't even who he is), but no here come the almost conspirationist FRANCE CONTROLS AFRICA BRRRR. This video is dangerous because you feed russian trolls rethoric and shameless anti-western sentiment. Do better.

@razvanciobotaru3089

Ай бұрын

Please make a video about Can you make a video about communism in Romania 🇷🇴 and Moldova 🇲🇩 and Transnistria conflict.

As a Frenchman, I can tell you most people have zero clue what the government is doing with their tax money in Africa. This is the first time I hear about what happened in Guinea… wtf…

@taneamtu

Ай бұрын

As a Tunisian, i have known the enormous influence of France in the Sahel and most of the subsaharian countries for decades. It has never been a secret that nobody was allowed to invest in those countries if it wasn't a French company.

@adityamaheshwari251

Ай бұрын

classic european , acting like they don't know that they were exploiting others and then lecture others about the equality and humanity ,stop your sympathy baiting .

@al-muwaffaq341

Ай бұрын

Lol it’s because you guys are willfully ignorant 😂

@potroti

Ай бұрын

Even other NATO states helping you in Africa. I am Czech and know about few operations we helped French soldiers in Sahel. But nobody care about that. Media dont care about that and normies dont even know that area even exist.

@divingstag

Ай бұрын

@@al-muwaffaq341 Being willfully ignorant is better than being proud of colonizing North Africa like you Arabs did

stealing all the light bulbs in your former colony on the way out is some ranked competitive levels of pettiness

@rmf9567

Ай бұрын

Yeah and the Russians will be selling them their light bulbs and then stealing them back again

@AlexanderMichelson

Ай бұрын

This video is anti-French propaganda. It's just pathetic.

@graemes52

Ай бұрын

@@AlexanderMichelsonIt checks out 100% with other historic reports actually, whether you like it or not. Even The French former PM- 'Mitterand' said their duplicitous brutal actions & exploitation in B.F, Niger, & Chad etc were indeed ''just pathetic.'' & couldn't last.

@muhammadedwards8425

Ай бұрын

​@@AlexanderMichelsonTell that to Haiti. Imagine asking your slaves to buy their freedom while claiming slavery is wrong

@seedoo3295

Ай бұрын

bro really thinks it’s pathetic propaganda to call out neocolonialism 🤣🤣

As an avid follower of international affairs for over sixty years: I am amazed how little I knew of what is in the film.

@MN-vz8qm

28 күн бұрын

The issue of this film is that it mixes old events from the colonial and francafrique period, with current events. The world has changed since.

@bounceday

28 күн бұрын

because its not in english natively probably

@circusjanitor

28 күн бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm The state of our world today is a direct result of what was. If you're going to properly understand the context and scope of current events you MUST understand what led to them. In this case, it's French colonialism.

@MN-vz8qm

28 күн бұрын

@@circusjanitor OMG are you slow? Indeed one needs the past to understand the present, but that is not the issue here. The thesis of the person who made this video is that France is CURRENTLY a colonial power. As for understanding the past, maybe you should take a look at what west africa was when the french came late 19th century... a few words; slavery, mass human sacrifices, cannibalism, constant tribal wars, extremely low life expectancy. Because of the colonization, teh african demography has exploded, which should tell everything there is to tell about what it was and its results. As for what the french got from it? Easy, because France has kept all senate archives, which show that Africa was a huge financial burden for France.

@circusjanitor

28 күн бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm no way you're calling me slow and in the same breath trying to justify colonialism as a moral good and a net benefit for Africans💀 further proof that education does not equal intelligence. I'd hope I wouldn't have to point out needing to understand the past to understand the present-- seems like a pretty simple concept. But you're first comment was so dense I was afraid you didn't know

Can you please cite your sources and/or post a link to a bibliography in the description? It’d be great for following up on all of these topics!

@djpete2009

27 күн бұрын

Do your own research then!

@wanderlustwarrior

27 күн бұрын

​@@djpete2009 they aren't making a big ask. Citing sources and/or giving a bibliography would be good form.

@0O0.0O0ycyfyxtcjbivtxt

27 күн бұрын

​@@djpete2009don't be ignorant. It's important to cite your sources when reporting on anything, it builds credibility and guess what? IT ALSO HELPS WITH PEOPLE DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH! You want to be an ass on the Internet for what exactly?

@markhumphreys4496

26 күн бұрын

@@0O0.0O0ycyfyxtcjbivtxt Based af plagiarism and misinformation can be dangerous

@RommyAli

25 күн бұрын

​@djpete2009 what an odd reaction 😂😂😂. Don't hyperventilate over it.

Viewing from France. I must admit that French media hardly reports on any of this.

@TheTrooperMB

Ай бұрын

i'm relying on foreign informations to get to know what happens to my country .. and we people don't know about it , nobody at work talked about it ..

@Josephsakala-ub6fd

Ай бұрын

Nuclear power plant in France is powered uranium from french colony countries for free since day one stealing from the poor is what European are good for

@MLMcNabb

Ай бұрын

You lot didn’t do anything wrong.

@freedomsong9747

Ай бұрын

Not hardly, but never do they report on it because they all French benefits from it

@unkouwnfigure2746

Ай бұрын

I wouldn't Imagine they do, it's very likely to get them in legal trouble

Neo-colonialism is a topic that needs to get more attention.

@marechal_joukov2375

Ай бұрын

This is the neo-imperialisme too

@JG-MV

Ай бұрын

We never stopped colonialism. We just chased a new strategy

@xopasstheaux6617

Ай бұрын

So basically Israel

@marechal_joukov2375

Ай бұрын

@@xopasstheaux6617 🤫 shhh dont say the J-word ... they got genocided 😢😅😱🥶

@duhface8066

Ай бұрын

It’s better than the Ottomon empire. British colonialism ended slavery in Palestine for example.

You should add your sources to your description that would be 10/10 content✊

As a Guinean citizen this is 100% facts and there is a video where Ahmed Sekou Toure told the French we would suffer in freedom than living rich as slave

@Jakawere1

3 күн бұрын

Sekou Toure was a true Pan-Africanist. Ai wish we had just 10 of them in Africa

It's scary how few people know about this

@therealuncleowen2588

Ай бұрын

There is little that Americans care about less than African politics.

@awsomeboy360

Ай бұрын

@@therealuncleowen2588 Americans in general suck at geography despite the country being involve with tons of countries outside its borders.

@Slipstream317

Ай бұрын

@@therealuncleowen2588 Unfortunately, this is true of a good chunk of America (and it's not really confined to any party or region, either). Education here regarding both history and geopolitics is extremely lacking and does not seem to be getting any better. Before this last year, I could not have told you anything more than very common historical knowledge (e.g. the Civil War or the two World Wars)- about a country I have lived in since I was born. It's sad to see how much I've missed, and how many things I've fundamentally misunderstood about history- and given I was always very interested in these subjects, I can't help but wonder how badly people who _aren't_ into history or geopolitics misunderstand and misrepresent things.

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

Because it is out of context partial truth BS...

@Skye4008

Ай бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm If you are not going to say why, then don't call it bullshit

This was so interesting to see how much meddling France has done in Africa. Would you do a video on US involvement in central america?

@nchalt

Ай бұрын

We’re going to need a whole lot of videos…

@ButterHaus420

Ай бұрын

Maybe the real US involvement were the friends we made along the way?

@GizzyDillespee

Ай бұрын

Alot of that is unofficial CIA shenanigans - tough research. The Noriega mixtape could be the background music, gently but incessently playing throughout the entire video🤣

@liberatio8703

Ай бұрын

I agree

@awesomestevie27

Ай бұрын

Us involvement in Mexico would be interesting, this presidency is the first non puppet us presidency and because of that Mexico is growing like crazy

This is excellent material. Half of them I did not know, despite my obsession with details of history. Thank you. I subscribe immediately.

@MN-vz8qm

28 күн бұрын

The issue of this video is that it mixes old events from the colonial and francafrique period, with current events. Hence his conclusions on current french politics are stupid.

@CaptainElijahAviation

23 күн бұрын

@@MN-vz8qmand the same goes for you user name being stupid 🫠

Amazing quality. Thank you for shining a spotlight on this

Been living in France for 7 years and it's so hard to find this sort of context and analysis from French sources. Love your work and appreciate so much being able to watch your extra stuff on Nebula

@loeffelm

Ай бұрын

There are plenty of books talking about it ...

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

Because that is BS...

@cameronmclennan942

Ай бұрын

@@loeffelm I understand the concept of books and where to find them, thanks. From a foreign perspective in France and starting from a low information level, it's hard to get a general idea about what's going on with certain topics without reading 17 books by French geopolitics authors who love the sound of their own ideas more than they love the air they breath. This type of quality educational material is rare from sources in French at this time.

@loeffelm

Ай бұрын

@@cameronmclennan942 Glad you understand the concept of books. You can look for books from Xavier Harel or François-Xavier Verschave. The Françafrique subject is quite something. Nevertheless, France - just like Russia - is only defending its own interests, nothing shocking here. Also, this video implies France’s economy is heavily relying on its former colonies which is absolutely non-sense, look at the figures!!

@warnaoh

Ай бұрын

​@@cameronmclennan942you seriously just watched a KZread video without any sources and believed everything ?

As a former French Foreign legionnaire who was in Mali during Operation Barkhane, I remember encountering Wagner Group in a village near Tessalit and even though both sides knew the other was there and it was ok, there was still a bit of tension. One of our guy, a Lithuanian, started an argument with one of Wagner after he apparently said something insulting in russian. I remember how we all looked at each others and instantly understood " let's chill, there's no need to excalate a situation we wouldn't be able to handle ", because let's face it, no matter how much training you have, when your only experience is fighting some dude in ragtags with a rusty AK, you don't feel confident taking on a similar force. I can't imagine fighting in the same place again against trained troops, heavy artillery, armor and drones... Especially in such an open place as the Sahel.

@Kyr93

Ай бұрын

Wagner has experienced battle hardened troops now who fought against a real military like Ukraine

@MuantanamoMobile

Ай бұрын

@@Kyr93 Also against theUS, ISRL, iTurkey andISIL inSyria since 2014 supporting thePresidentAssad...

@_--Reaper--_

Ай бұрын

@@Kyr93Wagner is noobs

@donkeysaurusrex7881

Ай бұрын

@@MuantanamoMobile Their experience against the US is rather limited, and nothing to brag about. Not sure who ordered that nonsense, but it was a waste of soldier’s lives.

@donkeysaurusrex7881

Ай бұрын

That’s some Wild West stuff right there. Glad cooler heads prevailed.

Thank you for such an informative video about a subject that is not well covered.

I'm french and that's litterally the first time in my life i've heard about that. That's actually scary

@olatejubucknor9022

Ай бұрын

You people just think your economic prosperity just came out of thin air

@LouiseMarie901

Ай бұрын

Be careful, double-check the sources.. RealLifeLore is known to present a lot of false/inaccurate information.

@cauhzi

Ай бұрын

bro have you never wondered why so many africans come to france? because they are exploited by the french government

@kaylee9069

Ай бұрын

Stop watching TF1 , they won't report it

@JohnCena-yu4mj

Ай бұрын

Probably because it's not "entirely" true 😂

You've missed half of the story as France is also fighting back in the former USSR backyard : - Defense pact with Moldova - Military procurement and training in Armenia - Economic deals with Kazakhstan and Mongolia - Potential military procurement in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan This is the underground war between Russia and France both fighting in the other's backyard.

@baguettelauncher8839

Ай бұрын

we also train with Romania, and make deals with India and Pacific

@rinho1790

Ай бұрын

And countries like Armenia are currently really happy to get rid of Russia as Russia did the same to those countries as the French did to the African countries.

@KaliAndy2

Ай бұрын

Defensive pacts and economic deals is one thing. Russia send in mercenaries and armed/funded militants to overthrow governments to be able to pillage assets for themselves. It would be equivalent to France sending in mercenaries and funding militants to overthrow pro Russian puppet government in Belarus. I am sure Russia would have no problem with this.....

@anettemor1730

Ай бұрын

​@@rinho1790are they? I run a course on former USSR states since 2011. any state breaking up from Russia in that region goes down economically. EU has free trade agreement with Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. these countries are competing for poorest in Europe title. nobody needs their produce in EU. Latvia, Litva, Estonia after joining EU lost 50% of their population and 90% of their industries.

@metugeekane8454

Ай бұрын

@@rinho1790 Nope... You no idea what France has done to our people in Africa. Stop!

Excellent video & sharing away 👌🏾

Your videos are of such high journalistic value, and so incredibly informative. Thank you! This is brilliant work that deserves to be heard by all! Keep it up.

The good news is, all they’ll have to do is rotate the flag 90° one way or the other, depending on how it goes

@kakpraat18

Ай бұрын

180 degrees 😂

@JeanFoutre-yi5us

Ай бұрын

​@@kakpraat18What he means is that they can switch the flag to make a russian or a french one in Africa

@kakpraat18

Ай бұрын

​@@JeanFoutre-yi5usI saw this now.

@simonmorel9895

Ай бұрын

What would we do with a dutch flag ?

@nikolasmaes99

Ай бұрын

No, the white needs to be at the top, not the middle.

Wow a real must watch. The world is so much more complicated then you realise. Very eye-opening, thanks for making this.

@joseftyl5667

Ай бұрын

American?

@pugilist102

Ай бұрын

I don't feel so bad about the African migrant invasion of Europe now. Europe is exploiting the continent.

@JM-kv2kn

Ай бұрын

This is why I disgust at the hypocrites making putin a singled out tyrant

@phonkenjoyer7072

Ай бұрын

you gotta be an american to think this is crazy news

@wilfred5656

Ай бұрын

Europe used Africa and then destroyed it

Thanks!

Wonderful and deep analysis as usual! Thank you!

I actually did a school presentation about Francafrique last year in my English 11 class. Immediately after, there were news highlights about countries removing French influence.

@Temuulen.J

Ай бұрын

They must have seen your presentation bro.

@eugenefrolov1396

Ай бұрын

Was it that bad or that good? 😅

@samwelsuleiman

Ай бұрын

dude accidentally kickstarted a revolution and is playing it cool

@xVipera

Ай бұрын

That's impressive.

@STROONZONY

Ай бұрын

Frankoe freak from Freetown

the CFA Franc sounds to me like an extreme version of a "company town" where you have company money to spend at the company store.

@leboucfou5834

Ай бұрын

they can leave whenever they want, France is itself in a monnetary union and we don't say the same thing while the goal is the same, the more countries the stabler the money, which for those africans countries is quite important because they have other problems to deal with

@zilindogomes1767

Ай бұрын

​@@leboucfou5834rubbish. The african leaders in power are all french puppets. Every time a leader tries to quit the franc cfa he is removed swiftly

@ricardokowalski1579

Ай бұрын

I am not defending and will not defend the CFA system. I just want to point out that, among the many problems these countries have, hyperinflation (a-la Argentina, Venezuela, or Zimbawe) is NOT one of them.

@Eoin_D

Ай бұрын

Crusty dollars

@budakbaongsiah

Ай бұрын

​​@@ricardokowalski1579 because they CAN'T have inflation, obviously hyperinflation cannot be a problem that's like saying an leg-amputated man should be grateful that it would not have leg cramps

Thank you for reminding me I need to resubscribe to Nebula - KZread algorithm recommended you and once I saw you're on Nebula, I figured it was a no brainer to follow you and watch your vid

@ansonpang

29 күн бұрын

you sound like a bot

@LaDeCR

29 күн бұрын

@ansonpang sounds like something a bot would say

Excellent documentary!

Adopting a foreign currency for your own country is a double-edged sword. For one, it stabilises your currency, which is why Argentina is thinking of adopting the US dollar. That being said, as mentioned in this video, it deprives the country of its economic independence.

@Mrbarmitsoulo

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Also it increases significantly the risk of external debt skyrocketing and NIIP going negative. Which is the "real"debt. Monetary colonialism is an old trick. Without monetary sovereignty there is no economic sovereignty and that is a FACT.

@unkownmn

Ай бұрын

Barter and trade is real economy,the $ are just the vessel its why nike go half price but america but medical, emergency there not good

@tuomasronnberg5244

Ай бұрын

Not being in control of your currency is a benefit not a hindrance, when you are cursed with one government after another that make money printer go brrrrrr

@Monkechnology

Ай бұрын

Impressive. Very nice. Now let's see how the euro deprives european countries of their independence....

@brianliew5901

Ай бұрын

Milei dreams of getting rich like Japan or S. Korea on becoming Uncle Sam's pet.

"umscrewing all the light bulbs before they left" This is next level petty

@filipeisabelinho3425

Ай бұрын

My uncle had a a small space rented out for a shop by a woman, when she left she took the wall sockets xD

@ommsterlitz1805

Ай бұрын

He literally took the propaganda Algerian iIIiterate FLN party as sources for this video it's crazy 🤣🤣

@athenak4666

Ай бұрын

Right?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@roo72

Ай бұрын

I guess you never experienced Soviet/Russian occupation

@itsKarlDesigns

Ай бұрын

​@@ommsterlitz1805it does the same most of the videos, just spreads generally negative source bias. It makes the videos more entertaining I guess and for the kind of people who "do their own research" by skimming youtube videos on 2x speed without verifying any sources lol

Thanks for making this video concerning Francophone Africa, as these countries are refered to. Please make more videos on Africa such as "China in Africa", "History of the Congo", "The Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya", etc.

great video bro, knowledge is power❤

Wow, that was extremely informative! I've learned so much from your channel. Thank you @RealLifeLore!

Kazakhstan #1 producer of uranium, great success!

@user-cq1ro5dr6g

Ай бұрын

very nice

@Sancredo

Ай бұрын

All the other countries produce inferior uranium

@mrlegkick91

Ай бұрын

Wawawewa!

@karmatologist

Ай бұрын

That’s because Kazakhstan is greatest country in the world. All other countries are run by little girls.

@Javiercar

Ай бұрын

I pay internet for this!! 😂😂

Guinea’s president use to be in the French foreign legion and he has a French wife.

@youngsimbah

Ай бұрын

I swear he’s a french puppet

@legendaryclarity

Ай бұрын

The wife is also French foreign legion.

@al-muwaffaq341

Ай бұрын

@@youngsimbahhe definitely is. We don’t trust him

@ambessaseway5594

Ай бұрын

True and guinea is of the resource rich country in the World

@chris63952

Ай бұрын

ahh yes bribe them with the white wimmins

Great video, thank you

Thank you for this! This kind of subjects are barely, if even covered by daily news.

I really feel like videos like this should include links and sources in the description.

@martinleroy5350

Ай бұрын

right

@fuckinghatethisshit6177

Ай бұрын

nah bro, that would hurt the propaganda! don't question anything, exercise blind trust! USA good, Russia bad! Don't you dare question that

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

Ай бұрын

Ohh, that would be really awesome!

@JoeMitchell2

Ай бұрын

The lack of sources should cause us to question EVERYTHING being said. The difference between good historiography and what could be a fairy tale is the presence or absence of good sourcing. Without sources to verify statements, the underlying justification for believing what’s being said is literally “just trust me, bro.” That feeling of “wow, this makes SO much sense!” is really easy to engender in an audience if you don’t have to post your sources. With that said, I hold a BA in History, and did about 1/3 of my studies on this region, and I didn’t see or hear anything in this video that I would say is false or even really all that suspicious. However, that in itself makes me a little suspicious - nothing in human history is ever perfectly sensible, clear-cut, and easily understood. But, without sources to check their statements against, that’s all I can say. It seems credible, it doesn’t *appear* to be an outright fabrication, and it is internally consistent. I feel like there’s one last thing which should be mentioned: There have been a limited number of events in which massive stores of ancient knowledge have been lost or destroyed, such as the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the conquest of Baghdad & destruction of the House Of Knowledge, the “Great Leap Forward” and the Spanish conquest of the Aztec… Another of these events has been underway in the region this video focuses on, concerning the libraries of Mali. Jihadist forces consider the truly ancient scrolls that had been stored there for hundreds to more than a thousand years to be against their religion, and as a result they have been systematically destroying them, hunting down those who are attempting to hide, preserve, or evacuate these documents and artifacts - there have been some amazing stories of heroism in the service of the preservation of these priceless works, but most end in tragedy. Russia / Wagner / “Die Neue Afrika Korps (but we swear the other guys are the real Nazis!)” do NOT give a shit about ancient scrolls from Mali. They want gold, and other raw materials come in a distant second. France sucks for the way they’ve treated these people, but a mere cursory glance at the history of Russia will suffice to show that they have never - EVER - truly been a force for decolonization. If they ever came close, those days are truly over now, as Putin has expressed an almost completely overt desire to re-establish the Russian Empire. Inviting Russian troops into your country to help with peacekeeping and security is a very, very bad move that has never turned out well for ANY who have attempted it.

@camaycama7479

Ай бұрын

As french I can tell you that all of this is well known by anybody with basic french geopolitical knowledge. Nothing surprising.

as a nigerian, i never even knew this was going on , i hope everything is right with my neighbours

@skp8748

Ай бұрын

Your country sanctioned them because France told you to

@ugonna1878

Ай бұрын

yeah i know, my country is not the best and our leaders are very corrupt@@skp8748

@bewertsam

Ай бұрын

look into what exxon and the other oil companies have been doing in nigeria too. more people need to know whats going on

@maxencebarre3833

Ай бұрын

@@skp8748 Heres comes the russian bots.

@QueenMooSuko

Ай бұрын

Its happening in your country too in a way through Dutch Shell.

Brilliant. Thanks.

Please, please, oh for the sake of clarity, and my poor old waning eye sight, make your text font size slightly larger. I so love your programs, but become thoroughly frustrated by not being able to read your small charts which so distracts from both the engagement and the learning. I so want to get the full benefit from the effort you put into these vids, but in the instance of some texts sizes, it becomes completely fruitless and often times even sadly aggravating (especially when a charts you did will help really clarify the issue and I am just bleeding out the sides of my eyeballs squinting so hard to try to read the text...which I just cant seem to do...and then I'm pissed and covered in eye blood ;-) Remember, many of us are on phones and thus can't see the very small text. However, nearly every time, on all your vids, you have enough space to make the font sizes slightly larger without blocking the rest of the primary focus of the picture being displayed. So, please, please, I keep, and will continue to keep asking you to please, for the sake of all that is decent and good in humanity, please increase your font size.

@EyeOfTheTiger777

10 күн бұрын

I second this...

Wow, I knew France was still sucking resources from Africa, but I didn't know that it still has such a big influence there. If I remember correctly, Gabon was the 1st country where France found uranium 235+238. And it was a VERY rich deposit, which supplied France with Uranium for years.

@MuantanamoMobile

Ай бұрын

The basically stolean entire Island from the EastAfrican IslandCountry of Comoros.Mayotte.

@thc6664

Ай бұрын

but its the russians thats are evil....france is a dying clown show

@_Ottho

Ай бұрын

@@MuantanamoMobile The people of Mayotte should be forced back into the Comores against their wish ? Do they have the right to chose their destiny, or must you chose for them ? You imperialist bastard

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

Breathe, this channel is pushing BS. Africa has laways been a huge net cost for France, both back during the colonization, and even more today, just some classical russian propaganda...

@mozi3051

Ай бұрын

They were very active in the horn too u til our civil war. Now they are in Djibouti. Most people dont know it but it's a somali republic. There are some islands at the mouth of the red sea. They took them from us for forever. Not to mention the islands in central east africa. Mayotte etc

"Bongo was an ardent francophile, who..." We prefer the term "Ouiaboo".

@eustacemcgoodboy9702

Ай бұрын

Now THAT is funny.

@MionMikan

Ай бұрын

absolutely golden comment. gave me a hearty chuckle

@boomknuffelaar

Ай бұрын

And the award for best wordplay of 2024 goes to...

@spinnetti

Ай бұрын

ok, that was funny.😆

@imagebboy

Ай бұрын

lol

Excellent food for thought !

2:03 The "Coup Belt" makes places like the Rust Belt seem not so bad

@28704joe

Ай бұрын

Borscht Belt must also be feared.

@therearenoshortcuts9868

Ай бұрын

Cool Belt? :D oh Coup Belt :(

I spent time in Guinea 🇬🇳,Gabon and Mali 🇲🇱 and across the Sahel and I can tell you that the Sahel is Hell !!

@MiguelMC-Yt

Ай бұрын

I've been in Guinea too! And I have to say it was rlly tough

@hellifreiherr260

Ай бұрын

can you provide some events and circumstances, why the countries poor and tough? Have the colonial masters left behind the problematic situations?

@AvogadroAvogadro

Ай бұрын

Tell me what you were doing in those countries? Are you not a CIA terror recruiter?

@anon858.

Ай бұрын

​@hellifreiherr260 the video explains most of it, and you can do some research. But just a quick update, 14 African countries (most of which are in the sahel region) still use the "CFA francs" which is a French currency, and they are expected to keep 50% of their reserves in the French treasury in France. That tells you how France still controls these countries prevent them from growing.

@Gold-lv5ih

Ай бұрын

Exaggerate much? I've spent time in Guinea with no issues. Nice locals as well

Amazing documentary!

@lacroraw

Ай бұрын

Without any sources !

More people should be talking about this.

I worked in the oilfield in Gabon. There are a lot of French expats there and companies.

@HughMungus11

Ай бұрын

Yeah well there isn’t enough expertise in Gabonese companies to efficiently extract resources there, so the government will have to work together with foreign, in this case French companies to effectively extract oil

@Booz2010

Ай бұрын

🥖

@Asif24960

Ай бұрын

Expats??? You mean immigrants. Why is it only white people get called expats and everyone else an immigrant?

@Snaoe

Ай бұрын

​@@HughMungus11"black people are too stupid to use their natural resources, that's why we need to exploit it and make our country wealthy instead"

@stralestrale47

Ай бұрын

@@HughMungus11 lol sure sure hahahaha. Does frnech companies alsohelp with children extracting uranium with their hands and selling it 1kg for 0.7 dollar?

Most of my friends think I spend too much time on foreign affairs like in Africa but I don’t spend enough to understand it fully. And many Americans ignore foreign crises.

@omnianti0

Ай бұрын

the first crisis is the UN falacy

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

Breathe, this channel is pushing BS. Africa has laways been a huge net cost for France, both back during the colonization, and even more today, just some classical russian propaganda...

@JeffreyFay

Ай бұрын

Americans are no less informed on current global events than Europeans.

@AM-dc7pv

Ай бұрын

I suppose, I should atleast point out some nuance/context: Many Americans do ignore foreign problems...when domestic crisis at home for the average American must take precedence and right now it is a tacit issue but I digress. Outside of that, a significant percentage [if not nearly all or all] of modern world crisises receive American aid relief in some manner. Not sure if you meant the connotation but yes, as those with the most...we actually do give pretty much the most and the second typically being our allies from America's hat, the Canadians to those across the pond in GBE/UK or Europe and increasingly Australia/NZ and SEAsia from like Japan, SKorea and Taiwan. This is why disaster and conflict zones outside of our borders can be reached with very decent reliability Americans on site providing civilian relief from health service personnel like doctors, nurses, maxillofacia specialists, etc rendering life saving services to the unfortunate in warzone relief refugee, sanctuary and missionary camps to even specialists like pathologists and laboratory specialists for example in outbreak events to municipal, civil and infrastructure scientists and engineers in ecological sustainability or disaster relief from like severe typhoons. So, a significant portion of American effort (ie. human, manufactured and economic/financial capital) goes abroad to help others...but that's not as attention/click grabbing, soundbyte or algorithm friendly as like breaking news coverage of USAF fighters and bombs raining carnage upon some small country with a bunch of teens with oily skin and acne that are protesting outside of a newly opened McDonalds. Or my favorite for newspaper headlines is: Ex: "Small country that just found oil and suddenly their government is now overthrown by a radical Islamic terrorist cell and is wet and ready for stiff and girthy trouser slab of freedom, liberty and managed democracy throbbing through a 500kg bomb shoved up their bonus holes", front page article picture shows fighter jets streaking overhead and bald eagle standing on your shoulder as fireworks erupt behind you as you hold both a blasting AR-15 and a US flag standing defiantly atop an Abrams tank...why? Because, Amurica...f--uh-ck yeah. Anyways...

@cavebabybezerkers

Ай бұрын

Cause they're scared 😱. Americans don't have to look at foreign policy all they have to do is look at the blacks here. The average American is frightened here at home. . Hell nooooo !!!! They can't cope with what's coming from thier foreign policy aswell

Fascinating info

Great video

I can't believe you uploaded second video in a week. Big fan real life lore.

@KolBamekil

Ай бұрын

Big fan, real life lore, hehehe i get it

@zornu

Ай бұрын

a lot is happening

@parth1257

Ай бұрын

@@KolBamekil 🤣

@scintillam_dei

Ай бұрын

They have obvious prejudice against Russia.

Some sources in the description would elevate the level.

@grantwithers

27 күн бұрын

Some citations to "they waz explotin" by people not left-oriented and how it was "exploitin' " and not crazy beneficial to the african country (whose exports of uranium will then become entirely not competitive anywhere) would also be helpful.

@pantalaemon

27 күн бұрын

@@grantwithers yeah totally not exploitative that's why the local populations regularly demonstrate how much they want the french to f*ck off

great content as always mate!

Excellent analysis

Well that was pretty eye-opening. Great work.

This video needs to have French subtitles.

@7xvn110

Ай бұрын

We can understand and speak English

@wordsmith451

Ай бұрын

​@@7xvn110ah ouais vous êtes tous des anglophones nickels 🤣🤣🤣

@deyfuck

Ай бұрын

French people can understand English, they just pretend they can't.

@jansix4287

Ай бұрын

@@7xvn110 Not the people in "former" French colonies, who need to hear this.

@7xvn110

Ай бұрын

@@jansix4287 im French not from a former colony tanks and we know what our country his doing in Africa but you want me to do what kick out the French soldier in Africa myself

happy to live to the day to hear that

I think you would benefit from providing your sources in the description as well.

Damn, two realifelore video in three days. He is rewarding us.

@streetsarecold

Ай бұрын

one video about russia taking an L, other video about russia taking W

@nasseribnamr9043

Ай бұрын

balanced as all things should be​@@streetsarecold

@stellviahohenheim

Ай бұрын

If you think ww3 is a reward

@Dyinchugnan969

Ай бұрын

@@streetsarecoldjust russias navy. War always evolves and maybe the era of slow floating behemoths is ending due to long range missiles

The moment France stepped into Armenian conflict it became clear France's of late extra hawkish stance towards Russia is not about Ukraine or Europe alone. Russia is hurting France in unique ways. What could that be? Well, what else but Francafrique! Even though I understood this is an intuitive, general sense this video has helped me to grasp the issues in a more concrete manner. Thanks for that.

@Kamfrenchie

Ай бұрын

Armenia is just a country France historicly cares about

@Vavilon77777

29 күн бұрын

​@@Kamfrenchie Lol. Sure.

@georgefenrirbitadze4757

29 күн бұрын

​@@Kamfrenchie ahahhahhahhahhhhahahhahahhahaahahahhhahhha

@Kamfrenchie

29 күн бұрын

@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 you would have bee more convincing and won if you had added one more "hah". Too late now.

@Kamfrenchie

29 күн бұрын

@@Vavilon77777 Indeed. Why wouldn't we ? We've had good relation with them, they have a well assimilated diaspora in France, they're the first christian kingdom afaik, on top of other things. Do you prefer azerbeijan ?

Very informative

As a citizen from Ivory Coast that is a true reality that the don't know. The CFA franc and is even still printed in France. The ex France colony are still not independent. Sad reality. You got a new subscriber dude. Nice video.

@Kamfrenchie

Ай бұрын

they are independant, they're free to leave or ask for reforms

@aguluman

27 күн бұрын

​@@KamfrenchieHow ignorant you are.

@hitriyzhuk9879

27 күн бұрын

Let me guess, all gold reserves were transferred to the France too?

@hc6122

24 күн бұрын

@@hitriyzhuk9879France is the Number 4 producer of gold in the entire world without having a single gold mine on its territory. You riddle me that.

@LocalK5000

21 күн бұрын

​@@Kamfrenchie yes free to leave like a wife who half of her fortune is in her husbands bank account 😂

Correction "The 14 countries still deposit 50% of their money , it use to be 80% then 75% ... and if they need some cash they have borrow their own money at interest" ....

@user-nr6my3rw4m

Ай бұрын

EQUATING TO 500 BILLION USD EVERY YEARS.

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

@@user-nr6my3rw4m omg the amount of BS one can hear on teh internet...

@williamdavis9562

Ай бұрын

@@user-nr6my3rw4m Basically without which the French economy would implode.

@blackhole606

Ай бұрын

​@@williamdavis9562With 500 billions $ a year input, how is the debt still 2785 Billions $, in more than 50 years?

@williamdavis9562

Ай бұрын

@@blackhole606 Lots and lots of spending.

I was in northern Ivory Coast back in 2002 when the civil war started. I remember seeing French troops being stationed a block away from our house. We were elated to watch these soldiers roll in with their big guns and tanks after months of violent fighting between the government forces and rebels that cost the lives of thousands. At the time, we saw the French military as saviors because we were lead to believe that President Laurent Gbagbo hated us northerners and wanted to exterminate us. Fortunately my entire family was able to escape the conflict by clandestinely crossing the border into neighboring Mali where my parents are from. We spent 4 days and 4 nights hiding in the back of a semi truck trying to avoid all roadblocks put in place by the rebels. I remember on our 3rd day we got caught by the rebels and we all thought we were going to die in the most horrific ways. I will never forget the terrifying look on my younger brother’s face who started screaming “We’re dead! We’re dead!” as the rebels fired warning shots and aimed their weapons at us. The driver was able to bribe them so they let us go. It wasn’t until decades later that I truly understood what the real story was. Turns out President Gbagbo wanted to leave the Franc CFA and gain back control of the cacao industry to benefit local producers rather than foreign multinationals. So France in conjunction with Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO) who is currently the president of Ivory Coast, lead both a demonizing media campaign and a devastating rebellion against the Government of Laurent Gbagbo to stamp out his nationalist ambitions. So it makes my blood boil when most French media and political commentators reduce our rejection of France’s neocolonialism to a simple “anti-French sentiment”.

@alina616

Ай бұрын

thank you for sharing your story, it s all new to me and it helps to understand this video if people like you give examples from their own lives. Thank you

@Kamfrenchie

Ай бұрын

Gbagbo had lost the election and tried to remain in power. The international community recognized Ouattara as the winner and so did the independant commission. Other countries have left the franc cfa, why would we stage anything against them for that ?

@victor7143

29 күн бұрын

African Always playing victims, I can tell you a story about my family under phosphorus bombing of my city (le Havre) during WWII by "allies". Or the story of my friends hit by a mortar shell in his village during Bosnian war while he was 16, perpetrated by Serbs (backed by Russia). This world is cruel. Where are you living now?

@hc6122

29 күн бұрын

@@Kamfrenchie First of, there’s no such thing as an “international community”. This term refers to a minority of western powers who impose their will on countries that they’d like to control. The 2011 election of Gagbo was validated by the constitutional court of the country. Please go watch Nickola Sarkozy’s speech in which he states “we removed Gbagbo to install Alassane Dramane Ouattara” who has done nothing but represent the interests of France not only in Ivory Coast but all throughout west Africa. But let’s assume that Gbagbo did steal the election. What right does the French government has to drop bombs on the presidential palace of a sovereign country to remove its sitting President? Can you imagine an African nation bombing the white house to remove Joe Biden because Donald Trump said he won the election even after all the courts and institutions said he lost? By the way, the so called international community had nothing to say when ADO flagrantly violated the constitution which limits presidential terms to 2, to get elected for a 3rd term with over 94%. This is not some distant history. This happened in 2020 and he’s currently getting ready to run for a 4th term in 2025. We’ll be waiting to hear from Macron. Lastly, the fact that you would question why France would stage anything against a country looking to leave the Franc CFA tells me you still have a lot of research to do. The video clearly explains how France flooded Guinea with fake currencies when it dared leave the Franc CFA. But I’m not gonna bore with the countless examples from the past. I’ll give you current ones. Did you know that Macron and ADO sank the ECO currency that was supposed to replace the Franc CFA back in 2020? Did you know that Macky Sall (Senegal’s President) and France pull out all the tricks in the books to stop the candidacy of Ousmane Sonko because he said he would leave the Franc CFA and ask French troops to leave his country if he became President? Every single thing I laid out can be independently verified. But of course, there’s none so blind as they that won’t see. God bless.

@hc6122

29 күн бұрын

@@victor7143 sorry that happened to you and your friends but me explaining why Africans are rising up against France’s neocolonialism is not playing victim. Playing victim would be complaining about it without taking actions. We’re doing the opposite. France or any other nation looking to exploit us will be systematically ejected out of every single African territory.

If you want to learn more about this topic there's a great doc out in theaters right now: Dune: Part II

WW3 teasers looking fire rn

@mr.andrew7820

Ай бұрын

Have you seen the leaked videos?the new technologies are even more advanced then WW2,but the Cold War spin off was my favorite

@CraigStCyrPlus

Ай бұрын

I want Omar Bongo to be there, please.

@flipcool2117

Ай бұрын

​@@mr.andrew7820where?

@kontankarite

Ай бұрын

It is already happening. I would not doubt that state powers are agreeing to not call the whole situation what it is in order to keep masses from panicking. Much of the west aint got that kind od dog in them. Hell, many of them are just looking for an excuse to take their frustrations out on their own leaders.

@jonathanodude6660

Ай бұрын

teasers? this is the new african front warming up. the european front and the middle eastern fronts are hot wars and the asia-pacific front is still cold.

Thank you for this video. Always interested in listening to the history we never get exposed to. Please make more videos like this!

@muratkilic88

Ай бұрын

We don’t get told this stuff cause it immediately makes the French no longer ‘morally superior’, which they tend to think they are.

Excellent video

Hvala!

Take a drink every time he says Coup

@WeepinggodhasYouraddress

Ай бұрын

you will be drunk

@NoName-semi-censored

Ай бұрын

Took a rip every time he said bongo

@haydenf1353

Ай бұрын

Or “in the world”.

@yassinvnoord

Ай бұрын

Instructions unclear i woke up naked in the hospital

@jeffreyatlee8785

Ай бұрын

Send *cartoon hiccup* help

crazy how few people know about this. Thank you for covering this!

@Komeshokakunanwene

Ай бұрын

Except here in Africa. We always knew.

@juliarichter6987

Ай бұрын

How do you know how many people know of this?

Another Unbelievably comprehensive video

Thank you

Dude - that's what one can call analysis ! No bullshit, no biased cheering or whinig for a prefered side - thank you

@AbsurdAsparagus

Ай бұрын

there is bias, its bias against French colonialist propaganda. I know that seems like a technicality, but its important to remember that you cant actually have no bias. 'no bias' is a made up concept designed to manipulate you. rather, you always have some kind of bias, you just need to know exactly what that bias is and how to responsibly manage it. for instance, people like to pretend centrism is unbiased, but thats false, a bias towards centrism is a bias away from extremism. that does not make it inherently correct, sometimes the extreme position is the correct one. example, the abolishment and outlaw of slavery was an extreemist position. the centrist position was that slaves should live good lives. they would still be slaves, they just would be "happy slaves". the centrist position on slavery was fucking crazy. and the extremists position that slavery should just be abolished, was correct.

@Moshie71

Ай бұрын

No bias? Are you thick - they just outlined point by point how exploitation is destroying nations and that’s what you took from it …

@ogrelord914

Ай бұрын

⁠@@AbsurdAsparagusLol, what a pathetic relativist take. Abolitionism was an extremist position only from the perspective of slave owners and those who benefited from it, hardly representative of the majority of population

@scottnorris3437

Ай бұрын

Unlike eurocentric History legend channel who argued French would be wealthier without Africa.

@mr.meeseeks3074

Ай бұрын

I wouldn't say that. I don't know much about most of this but what I know well about is French Nuclear Plants and Niger uranium mines and a lot of what he says is wrong or deceptive. Which makes me doubt the rest. I still think the ideas are sort of right but I would be careful with believing everything he says. And it would not be the first time he takes freedom with reality, hes often quite sensationalist

Replacing one foreign ruler for another is the circular cycle of history in action. The future ruler very often comes in the form of the savior

@hmu05366

Ай бұрын

Yeh whatever the Africans do will be the wrong thing anyway… they literally never do right by their people

@pll3827

Ай бұрын

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

@RUTHLESSambition5

Ай бұрын

​@@Anverse-14they refuse to leave😂😂their economy is dependent on cheap west African loot and them storing their money in their banks.

@kingofnerds576

Ай бұрын

@@pll3827 “Oh, I wouldn’t say ‘freed’, more like ‘under new management’.”

@gseries2567

Ай бұрын

same dictatory in Greece.

Great video ! An add-on commentary is that Françafrique does not translate as French Africa, but as FranceAfrica (i.e. although it is used to highlight the neocolonialism from France in Africa, it does not hint as this part being French nor belonging to it).

Interesting video, just for information, there's an error on the French nuclear reactor map. The leftmost plant in French Brittany is a gas powered one. Situated in Landivisiau it is half owned by Totalenergies. I visited it, so I know what I'm talking about.

You're wrong about there being no uranium within France borders, there's enough Uranium deposits in France, especially in the "Bretagne" region. As a french i've lived 30km near an abandoned uranium mine for example. It's just not interesting for french companies to exploit these mines, due to factors such as pollution, it's way more economically and environmentally interesting to get it from foreign countries while safeguarding the strategic reserves for latter uses.

@highlifeking1

Ай бұрын

Typical greedy French!

@familyguycuts510

Ай бұрын

how many gold mines you have btw? and what about your gold reserves?!

@DraxonTe

Ай бұрын

​@@familyguycuts510and diamonds

@bremnesen

Ай бұрын

@@familyguycuts510 2450 tons of Gold, never had any mines as friends in Africa has been giving it to France as a way of showing the love for their protectors.

@BlunderCity

Ай бұрын

​@@bremnesen Err... idiot, are you aware that gold reserves don't come from gold mines?

Wow what a high-quality vid at all levels! Bravo!

This video is pure gold

Subscribed!

Ali Bongo used to be a kids TV magician in the 1970s

@LordDim1

Ай бұрын

Different Ali Bongo

@jimbodimbo981

Ай бұрын

@@LordDim1 you don’t say?🤣

@LordDim1

Ай бұрын

@@jimbodimbo981 Been weirder career changes in history. The current king of Cambodia was a ballet dancer in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s

@MuantanamoMobile

Ай бұрын

@@LordDim1 Omar Bongo, Ali Bongo's son used to also be a blues singer...before shifting to the family career ofFrenchPuppetDictator.

@robertbretschneider765

Ай бұрын

@@LordDim1 XD Nice. Is that the one that often lives in bavaria, germany, sometimes dressed like a punk?

thanks for this. i just want to say, this channel is fantastic. as some point out, there are sometimes mistakes, but it goes into so many topics other channels are afraid to touch, and teaches a lot of history not taught in western schools. my eternal kudos for the work you and your team do

@MN-vz8qm

Ай бұрын

Breathe, this channel is pushing BS. Africa has laways been a huge net cost for France, both back during the colonization, and even more today, just some classical russian propaganda...

One of the most informative videos I've seen in years.

again excellent work! Thanks for taking together all these important information and making such a great video!

Fantastic report & documentary.

The quality of these videos is f-cn incredible. It's like what TV aspired for but have never quite reached.

@stevemcauliffe1887

Ай бұрын

TV never inspired to inform, but it's purpose is to keep us locked into our own nation's self-justifying narratives. The news channels keep us ill-informed and mis-informed. This is their purpose. They are state propaganda outlets, nothing more.

@jpb2366

Ай бұрын

its still quite biais

@carlruppert7324

Ай бұрын

​@@jpb2366in what way?

@Ruddline

Ай бұрын

To be honest, I think this is too boring for TV. Its basically just endless facts and figures. I think you could tell this story in a more fun way but also the intelligence would plummet too. KZread is better than TV for this reason.

@MadNero78

Ай бұрын

​​@@carlruppert7324-Sources: trust me bro -Biased reading of historical events (Guinea, Barkhane or Algeria) -Some data or stuff flat out wrong -No coherent thread, just throwing everything at the wall and see what sticks

Very interesting!

very informative ... and not too much bias .. eg freedom fighter or terrorist is always a differing perspective depending where one sits 🤔

This is probably the best thing I've seen or read on the subject.

@ThePtoleme

Ай бұрын

Anyone can invent stories about a "secret empire" based on relations between countries and a few lies.

"France's secret empire" Vietnam: "Am I a joke to you?"

@dustinandrews3223

Ай бұрын

no one remebers that....

@scarymonster5541

Ай бұрын

Vietnam humiliated france

@Agoateeman

Ай бұрын

@@scarymonster5541 And the United States.

@ArtBear88

Ай бұрын

and Imperial Japan, Khmer Rouge @@Agoateeman

@simonrichoz224

Ай бұрын

And usa, and china@@scarymonster5541

Citations? Bib? Love the vid and want to learn more

This is the best video on this topic anywhere. Well done.

I love your content. Been watching you since the beginning, and I love how you shine light on things most don't know. Have a blessed day man.

Although I'm familiar with some of this, and vaguely familiar with other parts, it would still be helpful if sources were linked. I would pay for that in Nebula, for example.

@delta0307

Ай бұрын

some things you don't need sources to prove. some things just needs common sense like what purpose is the CFA Franc and for decades how can a country like Africa remain poor despite having abundant resources. These questions is already enough to know the true purpose of France's influence in Africa. In fact, French is one of the major reason why Africa lost its identity. They basically replaced the whole education system and language so that all these countries only speak and understand french. Africa don't even know their history and only French history

@iGaktan

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's pretty crazy that there is not a SINGLE source cited... I don't claim this isn't factual, but some specific parts sound anecdotal or sensationalized

@ansonpang

29 күн бұрын

@@iGaktanWhich parts?

You need a new mic brotha, fire content as always though

Can you please make a video about caucasus region?

Lots of new information well explained. Thanks!