How Shall Africa Be Saved?

Oregon Magazine ^ | August 1, 2002 | Larry Leonard

[WaterDragon]

(snip)...His name is Dr. George Ayittey....an African, from Ghana, who at present is an economist at American University and the president of Free Africa Foundation, a D.C. think tank...(snip)

You see, Mr. Ayittey said that of Africa's [I think he said] 56 nations, only 15 were democracies. Then, he said that Zimbabwe was collapsing because of the recent elections there were fraudulent without any help from the CIA, and kept in office a monstrous dictator who supported the rape of the nation's agricultural community.

Then he said that the other African nations, all run by black or Semitic [Arab] people, should be ashamed of themselves for keeping silent about it. Then he said that there is no reason why the West should give money to any African nation...(snip)

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[hoosierham]

Africa can only be saved with the destruction of SOCIALISM. Socialism is the root cause of poverty and starvation. It is socialists who punish the productive and reward the lazy , which quite naturally results in less production.Socialists are EVIL.

[camle]

"Motzart"? I hope this isn't an indication of something.

[bert]

How Shall Africa Be Saved?.....

By repopulation with Indians.

[Bikers4Bush]

It can't be saved. It needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt.

[rdb3]

By repopulation with Indians.

Huh?

[Kenton]

The only way to save Africa is through re-colonization, but who'd want that third-world pisshole now?

[Valin]

The two guests with which he spoke were the black socialist fool, Bill Fletcher, Jr.* (photo at right) of the TransAfrica Forum, and, both last and best, a brilliant man who is new to me. His name is Dr. George Ayittey (ee-ah-tay), He is not an African-American.

Hey that's not fair, putting an economist up aginst an ideologue. And someone who is ACTUALLY from africa,

[Valin]

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[Lewite]

Just leave the rat hole alone. Africa has existed for thousands of years. In ten years there will be nothing to worry about. They will have ate up the whole continant. Just like the indians of this country would have, if the euros had come a hundred years later than they did!!!!

[WaterDragon]

That WAS unfair, wasn't it? But the liberals are so blinded by their sense of entitlement and elite-ness that they don't realize how downright stupid they look and sound!.

[rdb3]

They will have ate up the whole continant.

What do you mean "ate up?"

[Valin]

Just leave the rat hole alone.

So do we have a moral obligation to do something to help? Or are we to sit aside and watch millions of people die?

[rdb3]

I'm waiting for a clarification myself.

[sandydipper]

My vote is to sit idley by.

[AdA$tra]

Or are we to sit aside and watch millions of people die?

The problem is tha the more we help them the worse off they seem to be. The same as any welfare system. The only hope if for people anywhere to help themselves, by taking responsibility for their own existance. Nobody had to tell our founding fathers that something had to be done for them to end the tyranny here. They took responsibility, went against the majority, and made it happen for themselves.

[bert]

Indians=folks from India, an overcrowded nation with many migrants to Africa. AKA "coloreds"

[LarryLied]

Africa is being recolonized. Central Africa Minerals and Arms Research Bulletin:

http://www.diamondstudies.com/docs/camarb2.pdf

[WaterDragon]

The problem is that any money sent to Africa is diverted by the despots to payoff their supporters. The money is used exclusively to keep the tyrants in power. That's why Bush said future aid will have to be tied to transparency in accounting, that foreign aid MUST be used, REALLY used, for specific, targeted programs to get the people fed, get them medical treatment, and the tools to begin taking care of themselves.

In Africa even more than the Middle East, the natives are hungry to TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, and will if the tyrants run out of money to continue their depredations.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The eager, satisfied face of the token Hispanic, Suarez, began to sag, however, when the real, actual, bona fide African, Mr. Ayittey, began to speak. (Mr. Fletcher’s face turned white with shock as the blood drained from it.)

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April 9, 2002 - Senegalese Loner Works to Build Africa, His Way***"I've never seen a country develop itself through aid or credit," said Mr. Wade, who was trained as an economist in Senegal and at the Sorbonne. "Countries that have developed - in Europe, America, Japan, Asian countries like Taiwan, Korea and Singapore - have all believed in free markets. There is no mystery there. Africa took the wrong road after independence."***

April 19, 2002 - Zimbabwe's sole African critic, Senegalese***Wade, a 76-year-old leader elected in 2000 after more than two decades in opposition, emerged as the only African leader to condemn the vote. Last summer, he stood nearly as alone among African leaders in dismissing the idea of European reparation for past African enslavement - asking if his own family, former slave-holders like many in Africa, should also pay. On Zimbabwe, he said Friday, "For me, my problem is: Did the people of Zimbabwe express their free choice of election? My answer is 'no.'"

His remarks came as Wade emerged from a week in which he spearheaded African leaders' successful mediation of Madagascar's violent three-month election impasse. After three days of room-to-room shuttling by himself and four other presidents in a Dakar hotel, Madagascar's two rival presidents agreed to a temporary power-sharing plan. "Something very important on that is the consideration Africans have for elder persons," he said of his own role in that effort. "There are very few people who speak frankly, and generally we succeed," he said. The peace-making came on the sidelines of an African leaders' summit in which heads of state laid strategy for a promised massive infusion of Western aid.

Wade broke from one key provision of African leaders' proposal for encouraging good government among themselves - a demand of the wealthy Group of Eight nations promising the aid. The proposal, endorsed by influential Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, calls for a "peer review" in which African leaders themselves keep leaders like Zimbabwe's president in line. "Maybe if there is a problem, they call the head of state ... and maybe scold him," he said. "I am not very optimistic for the good functioning of the system," he said. "In general, we have little capacity to put pressure on a president."***