WHAT IS A COLOR REVOLUTION?

Most of Africa’s nations gained their independence between the 1950s and 1960s, but the colonial entity that spent over 400 preceding years oppressing these nations had no intention of ever leaving them alone.

Africa has dealt with the consequences of this truth ever since. Across the continent, and the wider Global South, every nation that has dared to chart a truly independent course has seen a curious rise in political and social turmoil, usually followed by the ousting or decapitation of its leadership, and the swift return to a political status quo that always favored the West.

In this report for The Spearhead, Barra Hart offers a crash course on the West’s regime change playbook, using Ukraine, Nigeria and Tanzania as case studies.