Humanists Take on the World

429 The Scrambling of Africa

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This week we talk about the colonial and post-colonial destabilizing of Africa as we move closer to the modern Pentecostal and Evangelical takeover. In the news we have religious right conspiracy theorists, a win on vaccine religious exemptions, wellness and misinformation, the Reformed Church’s attempt to avoid schism and more.

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    The Scrambling of Africa

    • The Scramble for Africa
    • Intentional unstable boarders
    • Destabilizing decolonization
    • Welcome to the 3rd World
    • Dictatorship, civil wars, apartheid, land and wealth redistribution
    • Rwandan Genocide and Congo Wars
    • Malaria and HIV
      • Malaria is estimated to suppress 33% of GDP across sub-Saharan Africa.
      • HIV crossed to humans from SIV through bush meat harvest and processing and spread initially through syphilis infested brothels in the Belgian Congo.
      • Current HIV Rates are 4.9% across all of sub-Saharan Africa and as high as 26% is Eswatini.
        • News
        • Right wing election conspiracy theorist blames Biden’s election on Satan
        • “Prophetess”: My 1,000,000-Angel Army Will Stop “Critical Race Theory” in School
        • Judge Tosses Lawsuit from Religious Workers Suing Over Maine’s Vaccine Mandate
        • The dark side of wellness: the overlap between spiritual thinking and far-right conspiracies
        • The Reformed Church in America moves toward restructuring, prepares for departures
        • A Pastor Who Raped and Impregnated a 14-Year-Old Girl Will Face No Jail Time
        • At least 6 Hindus men killed, temples vandalized in Bangladesh violence
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