When France recognizes and repairs: Africa stops victimization and moves forward! (By Seynabou Sankarè)

France acknowledges its dark colonial and slavery past, paving the way for reparations. Africa must turn this recognition into an opportunity for emancipation, exemplified by Bassirou Diomaye Faye, grandson of a World War I veteran and president of Senegal, who secured the withdrawal of French military bases and recognition of the crime against Senegalese tirailleurs. The article urges an end to victimization and a move toward a sovereign, multilateral future.