I made this posts in another thread but I think I'm only African person who is NOT and who will NEVER be
I said this message below a few weeks ago in another thread:
"Before I go to bed I'll say this. I'm GLAD black people in the Diaspora are more wary of any external presence in Africa, we should be. West Africa was the topic of my dissertation for my final year Econ degree paper and every single one of these interventions have NEVER, EVER benefited the actual African people, some pockets got fatter in the government, they got some new roads, but it did nothing for the quality of living of Africans. Nothing, so yes, I am skeptical of yet another set of people trying to get some of African natural resources (yet, again).
Africans diamonds, oils and minerals have always been a target for greedy exploits and has always been sold out for shiny buildings and traffic lights by corrupt leaders while the every day end citizen doesn't reap any benefit. As @KravenMorehead™ stated those of us who have followed Africa have seen this happen many, many times before. The only difference was previously it was Europeans doing these 'investments' and 'interventions' now it's China. It's moved from Europeans to the Chinese.
External involvement in Africa has never had any benefit to the standard of living for anyone but the people investing (usually Europeans and now Asians) and shady politicians like Obasanjo and Fashola. I hope this works out well in 10 years and doesn't become one of the many long lines of trades Africa has done for it's very precious raw materials.
Only time will tell if this actually helps the poverty levels in these African countries, because China will damn sure benefit from this long term....."
I said this message below a few weeks ago in another thread:
"Before I go to bed I'll say this. I'm GLAD black people in the Diaspora are more wary of any external presence in Africa, we should be. West Africa was the topic of my dissertation for my final year Econ degree paper and every single one of these interventions have NEVER, EVER benefited the actual African people, some pockets got fatter in the government, they got some new roads, but it did nothing for the quality of living of Africans. Nothing, so yes, I am skeptical of yet another set of people trying to get some of African natural resources (yet, again).
Africans diamonds, oils and minerals have always been a target for greedy exploits and has always been sold out for shiny buildings and traffic lights by corrupt leaders while the every day end citizen doesn't reap any benefit. As @KravenMorehead™ stated those of us who have followed Africa have seen this happen many, many times before. The only difference was previously it was Europeans doing these 'investments' and 'interventions' now it's China. It's moved from Europeans to the Chinese.
External involvement in Africa has never had any benefit to the standard of living for anyone but the people investing (usually Europeans and now Asians) and shady politicians like Obasanjo and Fashola. I hope this works out well in 10 years and doesn't become one of the many long lines of trades Africa has done for it's very precious raw materials.
Only time will tell if this actually helps the poverty levels in these African countries, because China will damn sure benefit from this long term....."
