‘Africans are now less willing to be lectured by the West’

In the second episode of their podcast series “Handing over the mic” the Brussels Institute for  Geopolitics‘ Christine Mhundwa and Elisa Díaz Gras are joined by Dipo Faloyin, author of Africa Is Not A Country.

In this conversation, Dipo Faloyin reflects on how, for some African countries, the search for economic and security benefits has led them increasingly to consider alternatives to traditional European partnerships. Notably, Russia, before the war in Ukraine, had positioned itself as a partner offering security and economic support without the political entanglements that many African nations associate with Europe. Dipo Faloyin touches on how this approach, alongside the rising influence of China, has been seen by some as an opportunity.