"France õwns 80% of Africa. Alot of Africans don't know about this." __ Mr.Kanye West. "The French õwns 80% of the banks in Africa. And Africans don't even know this, they think they're in full contrõl. I am an independent artiste not signed to any label because I knew I don't need to be contrõlled. These people don't really care about us blãcks.