Femi LazarusCEO at Femi Lazarus Consulting

This is another insightful episode of Declassified Podcast, you can’t miss!

26 May 2026 · 3 min

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In this episode of the Declassified Podcast, the hosts launch a fierce critique of how Western civilization claims ownership over African history and culture. They question why iconic African figures such as the North‑African pharaohs, Cleopatra, and even Jesus are imagined as white, framing this as a parasitic usurpation of African identity. The discussion moves to the mechanisms of colonial and neo‑colonial domination: maps and trade agreements that paved the way for land seizure, political leaders who become million‑millionaires through corruption, and the role of global financial institutions—IMF, World Bank, and private bankers—in financing the bullets that kill Africans. The hosts also denounce the mechanical, non‑spiritual adoption of Christianity in Africa, arguing that faith has been reduced to a tool of control rather than a genuine spiritual practice. Throughout, the tone is confrontational and impassioned, calling for a radical re‑examination of history, economics, and religion as they affect African peoples.

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Why is the Western civilization so obsessed with owning African history? Why would you want the pharaohs of North Africa to be white? Why do you want Cleopatra to be white? Why do you want Jesus to be white?
Why? They came with smiles and maps in their hands. Lines on paper we didn't understand. Called it trade, called it light, called it grace. But they were measuring land they would take.
Change everything. How can you be so comfortable to sleep in the same house with your abuser? And you make him tea and coffee, and it has become part of your life. But you know, he no longer feels like he's a threat to you. I'm saying Noah, for crying out loud. The convenience of of going to the center of people's history and owning that history, usurping that history, almost become the life of a parasite, finding the African host as a fertile ground on which they can feed themselves. There's some people you wish to— that they must die. Because long life is not a blessing to a wicked man. And you become wicked when the pain of your people no longer becomes your pain.
Any politician who becomes a millionaire when he gets elected is a thief. Because where do you get the money from?
The financial institutions. IMF not excluded. World Bank not excluded. To give guarantees. So every bullet that kills an African, there is actually a banker who has paid for the bullet.
They took our name, try to teach us we're not the same.
The way we've accepted Christianity has not been on spirituality. It has been mechanical. Very mechanical. We don't even need to go to hell as Africans. We are there already. Do you believe in God? Belief is for those who don't know. Faith is for non-believers. How is that?
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