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🌍 “Second liberation”: how is Africa fighting economic shackles of its colonial past? Africa is reaching out to countries that do not preach neocolonial practices in order to achieve the second — economic — liberation after the previously achieved political one, Dr. Wuhibegezer Ferede, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, told Sputnik Africa. "Africa is still economically dependent on the post-colonial economic order. [...] [Thus, it] is really trying to address these challenges [of colonial legacy] through a form of mobilizing internal resources, and of course by creating an alliance with external actors who are really immune from this legacy of colonialism," he said. One of the organizations, that could help the continent in this is, indeed, BRICS, according to the professor. "You see, [due to] the dysfunctionality of the liberal international order [...] in terms of financial disorder and security disorder [...], Africans are really moving towards an alternative international arrangement. [...] So, BRICS will be an alternative source of finance to escape this strict conditionality," Ferede reckoned. 👉Read the full story! Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸TikTok | Sputnik Africa | Boost us on Telegram🔸