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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

like Rwanda, others embraced pure chaos and dishonor; treat-
ing their brethren worse than chickens on a farm causing stam-
pedes while tossing sacks of food at crowds of people. Nations
faced increases in crime against citizens, where thieves sought
opportunity in the quarantines that were put in place, and there
was also increase in brutality against citizens from law enforcers.

This means that, in 2020, if an Afrikan country was to shut down
entirely, either starvation or lawlessness or both would be swift
outcomes that these governments would have to contend with.
Why should things automatically tend towards disarray and
failure? Granted, there were those who set up collections for
needy homes and families, but why is there even this need and
lack in the first place? Why is there an imbalance in availability
of resources in a continent that is so imbued with abundance?

Furthermore, that we have a huge number of people living
on the edge of financial ruin is not new information to Afri-
kan governments. That these governments have done nothing
about these situations for decades (instead using them for po-
litical gain during electoral campaigns) is not new information
to the citizens. That it means that in a crisis those on the edge
could be facing impending doom is also not new information
to either the governments or the citizens. The income gap in
Afrika, coupled with the blatant wastage of resources on the
part of national and local governments, the over-inflated sal-
aries and lavish lifestyles of politicians and Afrikan leaders…
not new, not strange. The potential impact of this, however,
was again made glaringly evident during this period. Afrikan
Heads of State and Government breathed a collective sigh of
relief when they were promised funds, tools and equipment
by the UN and EU and whoever else to help resolve this situ-

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