HISTORY, GEO-POLITICS, INTEREST AND EMOTIONS.

The past, present, future, interests, and feelings, lessons for the Yorùbá Nation.

I've seen a lot of handles that describe Tiwa Savage Performance, other Yorùbá People, and other Africans as being "lovers of their colonisers, bondages, etc."

The English pushed the Opium trade on the Chinese, killed millions of Chinese, and annexed Hong Kong while China endured Opium Wars, Russian, French, and English aggression against it. They also shared the Qing dynasty. The Chinese term this time period, which spans the 1700s to 1800s, the "Age or Century of Humiliation."

They remember their history, teach it to their people, and instill it in them, but when it comes to geopolitics, interest comes first and all else follows, and China has traded and allied with the West, Russia, and built itself into a formidable force to be reckoned with economically and militarily in the modern world.

As a Yorùbá Man, I don't give a damn if the British killed My ancestors in the Anglo-ijebu War in 1892, the Anglo-Egba War (Adubi) in 1918, the Ahoyaya War (War of Boiling Water) in 1851, the Bombardment of Òyó, or the British proxy war in the Yorùbá Civil Wars (Èkìtì parapo/Kiriji War), and their involvements, as well as what they accomplished in the 19th century. If doing so can advance the interests of the Yorùbá people and their land in the twenty-first century, I will do so while keeping in mind our shared past.I have the past in my back pocket.

Geopolitics and malice do not mix.

Recall that China has undone its humiliation, reclaimed Hong Kong from the British, and is now pursuing Taiwan (the One China Policy), which was a part of the Qing dynasty at its height. China will complete the reversal of its humiliation regardless of what the US and its allies do!

Vladimir Putin stands in for the Tsar of the Russian Empire, while Xi Jinping symbolises the Chinese Emperor. All of these have profound cultural undertones. Russia has restored its imperial status with the invasion of Crimea and its special military operation in the Donbass area of Ukraine; China and Asia will thereafter be under Chinese empire.

Russia has frequently sided with the West throughout history, but it is currently moving away from the West and towards the East and the Global South.

India, what about it?

India endured a great deal of hardship—Mughal hunger, becoming a colony, being pillaged, and other things—but it is now developing its Hindu civilisation and regaining its dominance.

These are advanced civilizations, yet the West made them feel inferior. Eat from the West, Eat from Russia, and Eat from the East is India's policy. Your battles don't really interest them all that much. Hey, you have cheap Russian gas. I don't care about your conflict with the West or Ukraine, so bring them.

If I were the head of state, a political office bearer, or the department in charge of foreign policy, I would gladly cooperate with past colonisers if doing so would be advantageous to the Yorùbá people and nation. The same if Russia is involved. even if it's North Korea under Kim Jong Un.

Japan was a US enemy before and during WWII, but today the US and Japan are friends against Chinese dominance. This is despite the fact that the US unleashed nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Japan's violent imperialism resulted in the annexation of Asia.

Geopolitics is not about resentments; rather, its defining characteristic is interest.

Nothing to feel here.

This must be understood by the Yorùbá people and their leaders. And to select our wars, adversaries, and alliances objectively and with ongoing interest. The world is not a happy place.