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Chioma Phillips

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF A WEAK AND

BACKWARD AFRIKA

n a 2006 thesis titled, “Why in economic terms has been blamed At the same time, the World Eco-
has Asia succeeded while Af- on a large number of things over nomic Forum and so-called global
rica has not?” John A. Morrell the years: poor infrastructure, elites have sat down to devise a
Imakes the all-important point inadequately trained human re- direction that they plan to and have
that in East and Southern Asia source, inadequate foreign direct begun to steer the entire world in.
and Sub-Saharan Afrika “at times investment, over-involvement of Yet again, Afrika seems caught up
of their respective independence government, corruption in govern- in the vortex of their plans, with-
movements or at the conclusion of ment and on and on. Mocked and out so much as making a stand for
their principal war for the founda- ridiculed by the world, even to the her needs or the needs of her sons
tion of the current state, they were point of being deemed some kind and daughters. Mindlessly heeding
at comparable stages of economic of a nuisance with nations around their dictates in exchange for a few
development and displayed compa- the world malevolently dipping into hundred billion dollars and years
rable standards of living indicators.” their coffers to ‘help’ Afrika, the more of debt imprisonment for her
He goes on to explain that their continent became encumbered by a people. The governments of Afrika
growth trajectories were similar up very serious case of low self-esteem seem to have been spellbound by
until a point where Afrika’s own and low self-regard. So much so some very dark forces indeed to
dropped significantly in the 80s and that generations of Afrikans were keep being drawn deeper into the
90s. Indeed, nations such as Singa- indoctrinated into the school of whirlpool of global domination over
pore and Malaysia are illustrations “let’s bash Afrika” and have been Afrika.
of great growth that it seems has effectively doing so for decades, in A 2016 article published on live-
eluded Afrika for decades. word and deed. Joining the world mint.com asked the question, “Are
in condemning Afrika to a kind of China and India the new colonial
Afrika’s remarkable lack of growth living hell. powers in Africa?” Horrifying

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