Russia and the Soviets never colonized Africa.
They pretty much tried in Mozambique and Somora Michel didn’t like it, and they killed him in a plane crash.
And that’s why they love Russia now.
The Russians and their Cuban communist friends sure as heck killed a lot of Africans, not just directly with military might but I remember when they stripped Ethiopia of its grain in the 80s because the Russian commune system wasn’t producing enough grain. That caused/aggravated a horrific famine in Ethiopia.
And the Russians are still killing Africans...that is Wagner’s business model.