Ep. 789 - Why so many Africans are HUGE supporters of Russia and Vladimir Putin.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

HINT - it's not just because of Russian propaganda. Russia has a VERY long history of truly supporting the continent of Africa when almost the entire white world was either standing down or literally doing the oppressing during colonization and Apartheid. That's at the root here, but even beyond that, nations like Russia and China continue to provide billions of dollars not of "aid," but investment into massive development projects that again, most of the white world has ignored.And so, when Putin does something that I think is truly horrible in the invasion of Ukraine, and commits countless war crimes in the process, most African leaders are almost completely unwilling to call him out. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is one of those days where I want to nerd out a little bit and I hope it's why many of you listen to this podcast is because
0:08.6	We're not beholden to any particular topic review. I
0:13.0	Really really want to unpack something that I think is way more complex than people understand
0:19.6	Right now
0:21.1	throughout the continent of Africa
0:23.8	You will find widespread support
0:28.0	Not just among politicians, but among everyday people for Vladimir Putin
0:34.0	widespread support online offline
0:38.1	And I need to explain it
0:40.1	The United Nations had a major vote about a year ago about the role of Russia in Ukraine and
0:48.5	A ton of African nations just abstained from voting altogether because you know they
0:54.8	They support Vladimir Putin and in a lot of ways that you probably don't understand
1:02.2	He supports them and Russia has a history of support on the continent that most Americans don't get
1:10.2	So I just want to unpack and explain it. I loathe Vladimir Putin would never support the man
1:16.2	But need you to understand
1:18.7	Why American politics and African politics are not the same
1:23.8	Let me unpack and explain it. This is Sean King and you were listening to
1:46.8	I'm reading now a ton of thank pieces and long editorials
1:53.9	About the popularity and I think that's what we have to call it the popularity of Vladimir Putin throughout Africa
2:01.8	Throughout the continent top to bottom east of west. It's not universal. I mean there
2:06.8	There are no universal truths and politics. I mean there of course
2:10.6	There are people throughout the continent that don't like him and whatever but
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