What Does the World Owe Africa?

A critical appraisal of modern Africa by both Eurocentric and Afrocentric scholars...Read the full article.

[fxo]

What about Robert Mugabe?
Why are Africans doing nothing, to stop him from starving his people to death?
Why has he been allowed to make us look barbaric and incapable of decent behavior?
Lets not continue to defend the indefensible.

Slavery and Colonialism is not restricted to Africa's past.
Africa was not paradise before colonialism.

[emenanjo]

Our destiny lies in our own hands. The west can only take us serious when we take our concrete destinies into our hands. Apart from that, they are only after big and large markets.

The double-standards of the West in African and world affairs are well documented by scholars. Today, they want democracy in Zimbabwe, what did the West do to help us {Nigerians} actualize the June 12, 1993 election? What about the complicity of the USA in Abiola's death, the mistery death of a man who won a clean, free and fair election?

My broda, just forget this people!

[wolvrine]

I understand Sabella's sentiments - they've been expressed by various other writers for some years now, and it's all beginning to sound a bit old hat to me. I agree with those who say we should stop demanding "the West" and "the developed world" should right the wrongs done to us...
That said, it's not actually the gist of the article, but it's implied by the title (so maybe Sabella should consider re-titling it).
I beg to disagree with some of the sactions recommended - a blanket ban on public officials' (and family, friends, casual acquaintances, anyone who managed to get oga's signature on their papers... haba!) access to healthcare and educational opportunities abroad is not right. Everyone (except Mugabe and Idi Amin, etc.) has a right to medical treatment and educational opportunities where they can afford it. Even prisoners get medical treatment (except in Naija).
A better proposal may be to get those officials to pay for treatment abroad themselves... but then, while "in service to the nation", the nation is expected to take care of them, so where does that leave us? We've to clean up our house ourselves.
Final word - article's too wordy. Naija, eschew profundity (a-ha!). My eyes glaze over whenever I come across more than two words with 4 - 5 syllables in one sentence. Biko. Ejo. Du'Allah.

[fxo]

Originally Posted by emenanjo

Our destiny lies in our own hands. The west can only take us serious when we take our concrete destinies into our hands. Apart from that, they are only after big and large markets.

The double-standards of the West in African and world affairs are well documented by scholars. Today, they want democracy in Zimbabwe, what did the West do to help us {Nigerians} actualize the June 12, 1993 election? What about the complicity of the USA in Abiola's death, the mistery death of a man who won a clean, free and fair election?

My broda, just forget this people!

There is no direct parallel between June 12 and the present situation in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe is harming his country and the reputation of Africans and African leaders are too dishonest to tell him the truth to his face.

It is not just about wanting democracy in Zimbabwe its about doing what is decent and humane.

You keep saying 'west' this 'west' that, what are Africans doing.
Mbeki can do something, South Africa can shutdown Mugabe Diplomatically, Economical, Militarily even more than US or UK or EU.
But he seats on the sideline and watch the decimation of a once promising society .

[Abujaboy]

The USA had no complicity in Abiola's death.

[Oru-Ama]

Originally Posted by Abujaboy

The USA had no complicity in Abiola's death.

I think I agree with you. It was not the U.S.A that annuled the election, neither was it U.S that served Abiola tea shortly before he died. Nigerians know who killed Abiola. Ah! even the killers themselves know that Nigerians know them. They are also aware that they have the blood of Abiola on their hands.

[k k kazinsky]

I still think it was a grave mistake to grant Africans self rule when clearly they were neither ready nor capable of such task. The late Ian Smith probably got it right when he suggested a period of 1,000 years before Africans are capable of self rule. When I look around the entire continent all I see is failure after failure and incompetence of epic magnitude.Infact the entire continent is an embodiment of palpable misery never before seen in human civilization and with no end in sight. Not just Zimbabwe,but Nigeria with all it's resources laid to waste for a better part of the last 60 years,Senegal, Niger, Cameroon with it's one man dictatorship ala Biya, Guinea isn't anywhere on the radar screen.You just name it. I think a viable solution to Africa's malaise is just to divide the whole continent into sections and have the United Nations appoint trustees to stem this deplorable human misery.Short of this drastic measure,there is no end in sight.

[Lovenest]

Originally Posted by Abujaboy

The USA had no complicity in Abiola's death.

Tell that tale to the marines!

[Lovenest]

Originally Posted by Oru-Ama

I think I agree with you. It was not the U.S.A that annuled the election, neither was it U.S that served Abiola tea shortly before he died. Nigerians know who killed Abiola. Ah! even the killers themselves know that Nigerians know them. They are also aware that they have the blood of Abiola on their hands.

Oru-Ama,
Where were you resident between June 1993 and 1998, in Nigeria or the safety "suburbia" of the USA? If in the USA, I don't blame you for this your response and, thanks for nothing.

[DeepThought]

. Nothing .

[Akpu-Nku]

Originally Posted by k k kazinsky

I still think it was a grave mistake to grant Africans self rule when clearly they were neither ready nor capable of such task. The late Ian Smith probably got it right when he suggested a period of 1,000 years before Africans are capable of self rule. When I look around the entire continent all I see is failure after failure and incompetence of epic magnitude.Infact the entire continent is an embodiment of palpable misery never before seen in human civilization and with no end in sight. Not just Zimbabwe,but Nigeria with all it's resources laid to waste for a better part of the last 60 years,Senegal, Niger, Cameroon with it's one man dictatorship ala Biya, Guinea isn't anywhere on the radar screen.You just name it. I think a viable solution to Africa's malaise is just to divide the whole continent into sections and have the United Nations appoint trustees to stem this deplorable human misery.Short of this drastic measure,there is no end in sight.

Ku Klux Klanzinsky

What else is new, you bugger. My ar.se is still pending for you to kiss, and I do wish you hurry up and have done with. There's no questioning your delinquent military escapades around the world stamping your hooded brand from your alligator congested everglades to Outer Mongolia and planet Cookiestan and environs but the European got here first and after a while realised their folly of intent and left.

Africa had it all figured out before you guys arrived with your rapacious insatiability to lay to waste a very promising, rich and intelligent continent. Africa took a dive for the worst when European brigands arrived and ravaged it's innocence and plundered her to penury. Till date you've managed in bamboozling the African continent with lugubrious crap while you busy yourselves with shameless plunder of her self worth. Well, time have passed.

Yo KKK, you will tell us if you are considering vying for the post as one of the appointed UN trustees? My ar.se is still waiting

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Akpu-Nku

Ku Klux Klanzinsky

What else is new, you bugger. My ar.se is still pending for you to kiss, and I do wish you hurry up and have done with. There's no questioning your delinquent military escapades around the world stamping your hooded brand from your alligator congested everglades to Outer Mongolia and planet Cookiestan and environs but the European got here first and after a while realised their folly of intent and left.

Africa had it all figured out before you guys arrived with your rapacious insatiability to lay to waste a very promising, rich and intelligent continent. Africa took a dive for the worst when European brigands arrived and ravaged it's innocence and plundered her to penury. Till date you've managed in bamboozling the African continent with lugubrious crap while you busy yourselves with shameless plunder of her self worth. Well, time have passed.

Yo KKK, you will tell us if you are considering vying for the post as one of the appointed UN trustees? My ar.se is still waiting

Akpu-Nku, I'm sure most villagers know "instinctively" which villager recruited KKK for NVS.

[wolvrine]

Originally Posted by k k kazinsky

I still think it was a grave mistake to grant Africans self rule when clearly they were neither ready nor capable of such task. The late Ian Smith probably got it right when he suggested a period of 1,000 years before Africans are capable of self rule. When I look around the entire continent all I see is failure after failure and incompetence of epic magnitude.Infact the entire continent is an embodiment of palpable misery never before seen in human civilization and with no end in sight... I think a viable solution to Africa's malaise is just to divide the whole continent into sections and have the United Nations appoint trustees to stem this deplorable human misery.Short of this drastic measure,there is no end in sight.

As a bona fide African, I take serious exception to such sentiments. Do you really think the UN has got it right? U just may discover that Africa's malaise is caused and encouraged by the very people u are advocating we should trust ourselves to, since we are completely incapable of running ourselves.
Slavery is not the solution, at all. Willful submission to exploitation is not.