"European Colonizers Took Away African's Culture, Identity, Wealth, Crushed Their Language, Forced Their Language on African" - Iran's Supreme Leader
By: Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has said that European colonizers who came to Africa stripped the continent of its identity, culture, wealth, and destroyed African's language by forcing their own language on African.
OTN News further reports that Khamenei said this in a short post which he tweeted on X, formerly Twitter on Tuesday.
According to him, “European colonizers came and dominated much of Africa. They took away the African’s culture, identity, and wealth. They even crushed the African’s language, script, history, and traditions. … Then the Europeans forced their own language on them."
OTN News observes that Khamenei comments come amid Iran’s ongoing tensions with the United States and Israel.
OTN News further observes that his comments are also coming a day after the Head of the Palestinian Community in Nigeria, Ramzy Abu Ibrahim, arrested by operatives of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in Abuja.
Family members confirmed it to News men on Monday that Ibrahim, a Palestinian-Nigerian who has lived in the country for decades, was picked up from his residence in the Federal Capital Territory on Friday.
A relative who spoke said, “He was arrested on Friday by the security operatives. They identified themselves as the Anti-Terrorism squad. This man is not a stranger in Nigeria. He has been here for over 35 years, and he went to school in this country.
“As we speak, we (the family) don’t know where he is, and we don’t know which station he is being detained. The only reason we might link to his arrest was his recent advocacy on the growing attacks on journalists and other vulnerable people in Gaza.”
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