All forms of belief stem from narratives, and no one has mastered the propaganda war more than imperialists, who use false dissemination of information to control public perception, keeping the masses oblivious to the realities of their oppression.
The rulers used the media during the US Civil Rights Movement to minimise the suffering of Black people, painting resistance movements and their influential figures in a negative light.
On the continent, our revolutionary leaders, such as Winnie Mandela (1936-2018) and Dedan Kimathi (1920-57), were also labelled t*rrorists.
Back then, sources of information were limited to traditional media: Radio, newspapers and TV.
The digital landscape today has transformed how people receive information. However, we should not mistake decentralisation for the global elite’s influence waning. For example, former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s false statement that African Stream is ‘secretly funded’ by Russia led to the suspension and ban of African Stream on major platforms.
Thus, even now—when rulers can manipulate algorithms that dictate what we see on our timelines—we must remain vigilant, question narratives and not fall victim to tales that have us loving the oppressors and hating the oppressed, as Pan-Africanist revolutionary Malcolm X (1925-65) famously said.
Sources
https://x.com/african_stream/status/1836781485191217614?s=46