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thought. I rather ask YOU the ques- France and just behind the United employment opportunities in their
tion, “Is Afrika dooming herself to Kingdom, Japan, Germany, the US countries of studies, expecting that
an eternity of slavery and servitude and China. It was under British rule – upon their return home – they will
to the world?” until 1947 and – like China – ex- not find any placement here. This
perimented with various strategies sometimes is the case, but let me
Consider this, China has a popula- for economic growth, trying and ask a most important question. Who
tion of 1.44 billion people, which failing until in 1991, it hit just the said that employment must be their
is about 18.47% of the total world right note and is now seen as some- endgame?
population. The nation struggled for where between an emerging and a
decades to find the right economic developed nation. Population? 1.39 Indeed, all around the world, stan-
model by which to raise its people billion, which puts it at about 17.7% dards of education have improved
out of devastating poverty. From of the global population. greatly in the last 40-50 years and
1949 when they were fighting to as a result of these improvements
come out of the effects of decades What about Afrika? in Afrika, there are hundreds of
of warfare, to a severe economic cri- Now to our beloved Afrika. Did you millions of skilled Afrikans available
sis they encountered following their know that all sons and daughters and ready to do what it takes to
fallout with Russia, to a famine that of Afrika – including those on and transform our continent. Despite
led to the deaths of about 20 million off the continent and those who what has been said about the quality
Chinese in the early 60s – to finding descended from our people who of graduates from Afrikan univer-
the right formula, making the neces- were sold into slavery total about 1.6 sities being poor or irrelevant for
sary reforms and the resultant rapid billion? That’s about 20.7% of the today’s job market, I believe that it’s
and consistent growth which has total world population! Over 60% simply a matter of misplaced priori-
now placed it as the world’s largest of the population is aged below 25 ties. For, even a child who has stud-
economy – yes, ahead of the United years and it is expected (according ied up to primary school has more
States of America. Not only that, to the ILO) that by 2100, 50% of new information than the child who
but China owns US$ 1.1 Trillion the world’s youth will be Afrikan. has never been trained and – as such
of America’s debt. Second only to That’s huge and amazing and some- – is in a great position to up-skill
Japan who has US$ 1.25 Trillion. thing we can use to our advantage all those around them to the level
This is the country that faced col- once we shed the lies we have been that they reached - at the minimum.
onization and imperialistic oppres- told and we have established and But, as we all know, the focus of the
sion from Britain, France, Russia, propagated with our own words education and employment sector
Germany and Japan – SIMULTA- and actions. Afrikan universities are has not been to train people to
NEOUSLY. And had to deal with releasing about 10 million graduates understand how to give value back
America’s oppressive tactics as well. per year (2016 figures) and outside to their communities – but rather
They shook off the mockery of the of the continent but because of a how to be useful minions powering
world at their human rights abuses, negative self-perception and percep- the very system that has oppressed
counterfeit products and became the tion of Afrika, about 70,000 skilled them and continues to oppress them
outsourcing destination of the world professionals emigrate from Afrika mercilessly. Consider the case of
and used that to build their econ- every year, so much so that more South Afrika, where the strategy was
omy to the point where it reached locally-born physicians are living to find ways to disconnect Afrikan
the top of the global pyramid. They outside of Afrika than in Afrika. In communities from the land and their
are engineering their nation into a the health sector alone, countries are sense of communal living in order
position of global domination – not losing about US$2 billion in brain to gain workers for the mines. It was
to speak of what they are up to drain per year for Afrikans who never about the welfare of the peo-
militarily. So, the China we all once were trained in Afrika, and yet they ple, but rather that of the machine
mocked are enjoying quite a laugh at go and give their strength elsewhere. that powers the system.
all our expenses – think of Afrika’s Afrika’s advantage, therefore, goes Did you know that globally, over
debt to China for a moment. to the West or East. In addition to 350 million youth (aged 15-24) are
that, Afrikans who go to study in said to be not employed, engaged in
India is the 6th largest economy in the US are said to be among the education or any form of training?
the world – and that’s only because best-educated immigrants. Most That in 2012, the World Economic
Covid knocked them down from Afrikans who go to study abroad Forum called youth unemployment
position number 5. India is ahead of often do all to take advantage of a ‘disaster’ and a ‘cancer in society’?

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