For five centuries, Europeans and their descendants have tried to control the lives of people in Africa. If this was going to work out well for Africa, we’d know it by now.
And yet, the effort continues. Not only in Africa but in much of Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands. And they want to continue forever.
Colonialism still shapes our lives, but today it comes with a friendly face. We call it karma colonialism. Richer countries try to control the others, for their own ends, and say they just want to help. In fact, they want to help themselves. This site looks at many aspects of karma colonialism.
Introductory pages about karma colonialism


Right: Francophonie. Here’s an example of how it works. By forcing children in its former African colonies to study in French, France thought it was spreading the French language. But students ended up learning neither French, nor much of anything else.


Right: Aid for the richest and whitest: UK Aid has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars through AgDevCo, a UK “impact investor,” to help white European investors run agribusinesses in Africa.


Right: It’s all about control. Development aid is a continuation of colonialism by other means. If that sounds far-fetched, this story in The Africa Report presents six strong pieces of evidence,


Right: Where does the aid money go? Those that know best, aren’t talking. But various estimates find that 60-90% of “foreign aid” quickly returns to the donor country — or never leaves at all.


Right: Selling good karma. Aid, in theory, is about helping others. But to a very large extent, it’s about purchasing permission to feel good about ourselves while ignoring unpleasant realities. Want proof? Ask the birds.


Right: Millennium Villages Project. The MVP was supposed to prove that Western aid could end extreme poverty in five years. It didn’t. But its failures offer insight into the true intents of Western aid.


Right: Cooking the numbers. 59% of 10-year-olds in Senegal can’t read, says a UN-World Bank report. Actually, the number is only about 7%. After denying the problem, now the global agencies exaggerate it. There’s a reason.


Right: What would make a better future? There are ways that wealthier countries can genuinely help others, if they want to. Give the aid money directly to the poor, for example. Here are ideas.
Other stories about karma colonialism


Right: Cellphones and literacy. UNESCO took money from big tech to publish a deceitful report that benefited the company that gave it the money. If an African president had done that, what would we call it?


Right: Does the U.N. actually WANT rote schooling for children in the South? It sounds absurd, but that’s what the evidence says. And with a little thought, we can see how U.N. interests push it in this direction.


Right: UNICEF preaches diversity. But for 77 years, UNICEF has ALWAYS had a white USA citizen in its top spot. That’s hypocritical. Racist, too? You decide. And it leads UNICEF to push Western interests.


Right: Free ebooks. Copyright barriers blocks readers in the Global South from the knowledge that others have at their fingertips. Z-Library offers a remedy, with millions of free ebooks, but the U.S. wants to shut it down.


Right: Why won’t they hire local talent? World Vision, UNICEF, Save the Children, and others issue frequent reports on how they’re helping people in distant lands. Why do they prefer to hire Western photographers for these reports?


Right: VIDEO: Trojan Aid. The Trojans learned long ago that generous-looking gifts may just cause trouble. This 2-minute video shows how foreign aid pursues the same broad goals as colonialism of the past, but with a friendly-looking face.