{"id":2024966,"date":"2023-09-07T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musician-akon-says-black-americans-could-move-to-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:40:36","slug":"musician-akon-says-black-americans-could-move-to-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musician-akon-says-black-americans-could-move-to-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon suggests Black Americans could relocate to Africa, become wealthy, and impact the US rapidly."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusician-akon-says-black-americans-could-move-to-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>R&#038;B Singer Akon&#8217;s Ambitious \u200bPlan to Build a City in Senegal<\/h2>\n<p>R&#038;B singer Akon may have been born in\u2064 the United States, but he wants\u2062 to \u200cgo back to his roots \u2014 \u2064which, to him, means constructing a city in \u2064his family\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesotas-new-social-studies-curriculum-would-racialize-first-graders-teach-high-schoolers-about-the-evils-of-whiteness-capitalism-and-christianity\/\" title=\"Minnesota\u2019s New Social Studies Curriculum Would Racialize First-Graders, Teach High Schoolers About The Evils Of \u2018Whiteness, Capitalism, And Christianity\u2019\">ancestral home<\/a> of Senegal, which \u2064he describes \u2062as a \u201creal-life Wakanda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily, I\u2019d just \u2062think this was \u2064some idle talk by someone not\u200c <em>in\u2064 compos mentis<\/em>. After all, one of Akon\u2019s \u2063best-known songs was a collaboration with enthusiastic marijuana endorser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/snoop-doggs-sleepy-joe-og-cannabis-post-gets-political-dont-ride-bike-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snoop Dogg<\/a> (\u201cI Wanna Love You\u201d),\u200b so maybe Akon\u2019s been hitting the wacky tobaccky a bit too often.<\/p>\n<p>However, nothing short of \u200dmegadoses \u2063of LSD could possibly have produced the delusions described by the singer in \u2062his promotional push on \u201cAkon City,\u201d in\u200b which he promised \u201cevery\u2062 single African American would\u200d be a millionaire without even thinking twice\u201d if they relocated to Africa \u2063and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-wrong-proof-white-americans-never-less-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America<\/a> would be paralyzed \u201covernight\u201d\u200b if its estimated 41.6 million black population\u200b up and\u2062 left.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report\u200c in <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/akon-says-every-single-african-154710520.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AfroTech<\/a> on Friday, the proposed city in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/rebel-conflict-in-senegals-casamance-region-far-from-over\/a-64326724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">troubled<\/a> West African nation of Senegal \u2014\u2062 which Akon says can be\u200c built \u200dfor the low, low investment price of $6 billion \u2014 is intended \u201cto be a \u2062safe space for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system back home treats them unfairly in \u2063so many different ways that you can \u2063never imagine. And they only go through it because they\u200d feel that there is no other way,\u201d Akon said in 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/africa-music-entertainment-eb1181f3e9eae41c1f0ea0749f62cf25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, adding that the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/war-drums-african-nations-threaten-use-force-coup-fails-reinstate-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African<\/a> city would be a \u201chome\u200c back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you\u2019re coming from America\u2064 or Europe or elsewhere in the diaspora and you feel that \u2062you want to visit Africa, we want Senegal \u200dto be your first stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe almost\u2064 surrealist,\u2063 water-like \u200bdesigns of Akon City were inspired by the shapes\u2063 of traditional sculptures long\u200d made in Africa\u2019s villages, he said. However the gleaming structures\u2064 of Akon City will be made of metal and glass, not wood,\u201d \u200cthe AP reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Akon \u2064promotes the idea that American Blacks should move to Africa and \u200buse their creative talents to develop the continent and become wealthy in the\u200c process.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana &#038; Senegal have been actively trying to \u2064recruit Black Americans to emigrate.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s1M0X2yylI\">https:\/\/t.co\/s1M0X2yylI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Conservative (@NatCon2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatCon2022\/status\/1699108005185261780?\">September\u200b 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA\u200c hotel within the city plans to\u2064 feature rooms decorated for each of the 54 nations of Africa. However, the \u2064project was designed by a Dubai-based \u2062architect because Akon said he couldn\u2019t find a suitable one in Africa fast enough. \u2064It\u2019s also unclear what percentage of the building materials and construction teams will be sourced locally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may not be surprised to learn that Akon City is, well, not yet extant, nor does there seem to be much movement in making\u200c it happen. Furthermore, some investors have\u200c alleged \u2014\u200b shocker \u2063of shockers! \u2014 that this isn\u2019t an accident.<\/p>\n<p>In March of 2022, one of\u2064 Akon\u2019s \u2062former business \u200cpartners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-allows-class-action-whopper-lawsuit-proceed-burger-king-explaining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> him, noting that an investigation commissioned by the plaintiff and conducted by retired federal Special Agent Scot Thomasson found that the city, which was meant to run on blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, contained \u201cmany of the trademark characteristics \u200d(known as \u2018red\u200c flags\u2019) of fraudulent business ventures such as Ponzi schemes \u200dand pyramid\u2064 schemes,\u201d\u200d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/08\/akons-ex-biz-partner-devyne-stephens-compares-rappers-sci-fi-city-plans-to-ponzi-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New \u2062York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But forget all that. According to\u200d an AfroTech report last Friday, you\u2019d \u2062be a fool not to invest in and\/or move to Akon City\u200b if you\u2019re a black American.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is in a position where if African Americans take\u2064 position now, \u2062every single African American would be a millionaire without even thinking twice because there\u2019s nothing that\u2019s not needed over there,\u201d Akon said in \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-claims-his-father-prince-charles-made-him-suffer-as-member-of-royal-family\/\" title=\"Prince Harry Claims His Father, Prince Charles, Made Him \u2018Suffer\u2019 As Member Of Royal Family\">recent podcast interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you\u200c guys come with the discipline, you guys\u2063 come with the knowledge, \u2062you come with the resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer, AfroTech\u200b reported, \u201cwent \u2064on\u2063 to emphasize his perspective that it\u2019s Black people who are the \u2063driving force \u200bbehind America\u2019s revenue today across all sectors such as\u200c sports, entertainment, fashion, and medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, \u2064you name it. We\u2019re leading in every single sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust imagine \u200cif we all just decided to just take all \u200bour bags, withdrew all our money and go to Africa. \u2064Where would\u200d America\u2064 be today? It would collapse overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Akon\u2063 City itself? \u201cThe whole idea is\u2064 to create what the future of Africa should be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all the resources, we have the\u2064 manpower, we definitely have the population. So it was just a matter of putting something in a country that \u2063can \u200cstart and pretty much scale out to every other country \u2014 that\u2064 we can copy and paste or at least the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf nothing [else] happens,\u2062 the city will be done and mentally people know that it\u2019s something possible to do in Africa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. It is possible to spend billions of dollars \u200dthat are meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/african-official-unleashes-bill-gates-george-soros-continent-not-giant-climate-laboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help Africans<\/a> and create a failed project in a failing state. That much I will \u2064 <em>definitely<\/em> give you.<\/p>\n<p>However, if it took the words and deeds of\u200c a washed-up\u2062 R&#038;B\u2064 singer for you to realize this fact, knowledge of the innumerable debacles the last 70-odd years of well-meaning post-colonial money dumps in \u200bdeveloping nations have produced \u2014 in which \u2062the resources \u2062would usually have been better allocated had the bank notes simply \u200bbeen\u2064 burned \u2064to provide energy for the locals \u2014 apparently\u2062 isn\u2019t your forte when\u200c it comes to the field of geopolitics.<\/p>\n<p>This would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musician-akon-says-black-americans-could-move-to-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight\/\" title=\"Akon suggests Black Americans could relocate to Africa, become wealthy, and impact the US rapidly.\">silly human interest epic-fail story<\/a> if it weren\u2019t for \u200bthe fact \u201cAkon \u2062City\u201d represents \u2063yet another strain of the return-to-Africa grift that goes all the way back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/african-americans\/individuals\/marcus-garvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Garvey<\/a>, another alleged fraudster with similar delusions.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this iteration of\u2064 the hustle is a bit more preposterous, given\u2063 that it\u2019s about a man selling his idea for a futuristic city \u2014 in\u2064 a country where only 44 percent of rural households actually have electricity \u2014 by invoking a \u200cfictional utopia \u200cfrom the\u200b Marvel movie \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cancel-movement-comes-black-panther-actress-dared-question-covid-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Panther.<\/a>\u201d It\u2019s still the same basic idea from a new\u2064 breed of\u2063 black separatist: America is a \u200bracist hellscape, so let\u2019s go back to the motherland \u2064\u2014 in this \u2062case, Senegal. Not \u200donly\u200d that, but just think \u2014 we could economically paralyze the U.S. if we did it en masse.<\/p>\n<p>What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Well,\u200c let\u2019s look at\u200c the headlines. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senegal-clashes-opposition-tensions-crisis-1f534f2d75edf05056fae85d570558d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, \u2062June \u200c6: \u201cSenegal violence \u2063threatens country\u2019s stability as experts call \u200don government to instill calm.\u201d \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2023\/06\/05\/senegal-violent-crackdown-opposition-dissent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Watch<\/a>, June 5: \u201cSenegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/03\/1180013963\/senegal-protests-sonko-opposition-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>, \u2064June 3: \u201cDeath toll in Senegal protests rises to 15 as opposition supporters clash with police.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/rebel-conflict-in-senegals-casamance-region-far-from-over\/a-64326724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deutsche Welle<\/a>, Jan. 9: \u201cRebel conflict in Senegal\u2019s Casamance region far from over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But give Akon $6 billion in startup cash and \u2064he\u2019ll create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worldcoin-ceo-crows-digital-currency-digital-coming-whether-like-not-amid-increasing-global-mandates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blockchain<\/a> Wakanda there. Righty-O. Who\u2019s the finance \u2063minister going to be, Sam Bankman-Fried?<\/p>\n<p>Sad to say, but SBF might be living in safer, cleaner conditions\u200d than a good many Senegalese\u200b in the decades to come, from the sound of things \u2014 and I\u2019m willing to bet that there\u200c will be at \u2063least one more permanent inhabitant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-democrat-mega-donor-jailed-no-chance-bail-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in his jail cell<\/a> than there will ever be in \u201cAkon City,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-second-biggest-donor-bet-line-took-just-days-94-vanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just\u200c as many millionaires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/musician-akon-says-black-americans-move-africa-become-millionaires-cripple-us-overnight\/\">Musician \u200cAkon Says \u2062Black Americans \u2064Could Move to Africa, Become Millionaires, Cripple US &#8216;Overnight&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R&amp;B singer Akon, born in the US, aims to reconnect with his roots. He plans to build a city in Senegal, his family&#8217;s homeland, envisioning it as a &#8220;real-life Wakanda.&#8221; While some may dismiss it as mere chatter, I believe he is genuinely committed to this ambitious project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2024967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}