Essential The Africa the Media Doesn't Tell You About

[Bawon Samedi]

Got damn! The President of Tanzania started out as a beast but now he's slowly turning into a full fledged dictator. Had high hopes for this country.

 

[AB Ziggy]

Got damn! The President of Tanzania started out as a beast but now he's slowly turning into a full fledged dictator. Had high hopes for this country.

Welcome to Africa

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Welcome to Africa

Cant wait to go back.

 

[BigMan]

Got damn! The President of Tanzania started out as a beast but now he's slowly turning into a full fledged dictator. Had high hopes for this country.

What happened
You’ve been bigging up this guy for awhile

 

[Red Shield]

Got damn! The President of Tanzania started out as a beast but now he's slowly turning into a full fledged dictator. Had high hopes for this country.

huh what happened?

 

[Bawon Samedi]

What happened
You’ve been bigging up this guy for awhile

huh what happened?

You guys havent been keeping up? For a while now he's been shutting down opposition groups, critics and others he sees against him SWIFTLY and sometimes ruthlessly. He's did this with news journals, churches and others. Anyone who criticizes his govt. Its looking like a mild Ethiopia.

I know not all leaders has to be a white knight and some have to be ruthlesss.... But DAMN.

 

[BigMan]

You guys havent been keeping up? For a while now he's been shutting down opposition groups, critics and others he sees against him SWIFTLY and sometimes ruthlessly. He's did this with news journals, churches and others. Anyone who criticizes his govt. Its looking like a mild Ethiopia.

I know not all leaders has to be a white knight and some have to be ruthlesss.... But DAMN.

lol no i get most of my African news from here or twitter

but i googled his name and there's seems to be a lot of criticism coming his way. His commitment to stomping out corruption is admirable and should be an example for all black countries but cracking down on a free press is disgusting. and if i'm not mistaken, TZ has had a long history of a free press so thats sad to see

 

[Cleansprite]

Any more pics

 

[Bawon Samedi]

lol no i get most of my African news from here or twitter

but i googled his name and there's seems to be a lot of criticism coming his way. His commitment to stomping out corruption is admirable and should be an example for all black countries but cracking down on a free press is disgusting. and if i'm not mistaken, TZ has had a long history of a free press so thats sad to see

Exactly. I don't know if its African culture or something else that makes these leaders so power hungry.

 

[BigMan]

Exactly. I don't know if its African culture or something else that makes these leaders so power hungry.

that culture argument is a slippery slope

anyone can be corrupted IMO

like J Cole said

Here's a thought for my revolutionary heart
Take a deeper look at history, it's there to pick apart
See, the people at the top
They get to do just what they want
'Til after a while the people at the bottom finally get smart
Then they start to holla "Revolution!"
Tired of livin' here, destitution
fukk that lootin'! Can you tell me what's the best solution?
I used to think it was to overthrow oppressors, see
If we destroy the system, that means we'll have less of greed
But see, it's not that simple
I got to thinkin' about the history of human nature
While this instrumental played
Then I realized somethin' that made
Me wonder if revolution was really ever the way
Before you trip and throw a fit over these words I say
Think about this shyt for a second, you heard the way
The children in abusive households grow up
Knockin' girlfriends out cold—that's called a cycle
Abused becomes the abuser and that's just how life go
So understand
You get the power, but you know what power does to man?
Corruption always leads us to the same shyt again
So when you talk 'bout revolution
Dawg, I hear just what you sayin'
What good is takin' over
When we know what you gon' do?
The only real revolution happens right inside of you
I said, what good is takin' over
When we know what you gon' do?
The only real revolution happens right inside of you, nikka/quote]

 

[AB Ziggy]

Cote d'Ivoire: Africa's Fastest Growing Economy's Bittersweet Year

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Cote d'Ivoire: Africa's Fastest Growing Economy's Bittersweet Year

What is Ivory Coast doing? I haven't been paying much attention to that country.

 

[AB Ziggy]

What is Ivory Coast doing? I haven't been paying much attention to that country.

They're doing very well for themselves economically but this year they got fukked with Cocoa prices being slashed in half. The same problem is also happening in the Cocoa bean industry in neighboring Ghana.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

They're doing very well for themselves economically but this year they got fukked with Cocoa prices being slashed in half. The same problem is also happening in the Cocoa bean industry in neighboring Ghana.

I hear Cocoa is a big part of their economy.

 

[BigMan]

I hear Cocoa is a big part of their economy.

They're doing very well for themselves economically but this year they got fukked with Cocoa prices being slashed in half. The same problem is also happening in the Cocoa bean industry in neighboring Ghana.

didn't someone on here suggest that WEst African nations make an OPEC style organization for cocoa?