Nigeria got independence in 1960 — but did it actually get freedom? In this episode, Koke breaks down geopolitics in plain terms: how loans from the IMF and World Bank come with hidden strings attached, how the Nigerian Civil War was shaped by foreign interference, and why countries like Burkina Faso are only now starting to break free of decades-old colonial arrangements. He also shares a personal story from watching Gaddafi's death unfold on TV as a teenager in Kaduna — and what it taught him about how much of what we're told is actually propaganda. This episode isn't about despair, it's about awareness — three concrete things you can start doing today to make sure you're not being played by systems designed to keep you and your children in the dark.
Show Notes — "Imagine We Learned This In School At Age 16"
Show Notes — "Imagine We Learned This In School At Age 16"
- What geopolitics actually means, and why most Nigerians feel its effects without ever naming the cause
- How the Nigerian Civil War was shaped by foreign intervention — not just an internal conflict
- The hidden strings attached to IMF and World Bank loans, and how they end up shaping domestic policy like subsidy removal
- Why Europe's advancement runs on resources extracted from Africa — and why that dependency hasn't ended
- What happened to leaders like Muammar Gaddafi and Thomas Sankara when they tried to build real African independence
- A personal story: watching Gaddafi's assassination unfold on TV as a teenager in Kaduna, and realizing years later how much of that narrative was media-shaped
- How Burkina Faso broke from decades of French financial arrangements — and what it cost and gained them
- Why Russia's involvement in Africa isn't necessarily altruism either
- A challenge to take mainstream media coverage of leaders like Putin and Kim Jong-un with real skepticism
- Three concrete things to actually do with this information — including how to think about political decisions differently going forward
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