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Webby · 05-07-2006, 10:38 AM

"can someone fill me in why there is so much poverty in Africa?"

Loads of varying and different reasons. Its hard to generalise over a whole continent.

The only generalities are in the history with colonialism, the slave trade, raping the land of it's natural resources and oppression.

The rape still continues today in the form of ... it can be called "agreements", "trading partnerships" or "government aid". Rarely is there a deal with any country in the African continent that where there is a net benefit to that country.

The worst offenders are western govts and corporations.

Governments proudly boast of "aid" to Africa - but "aid" always comes at a price or with a reciprocal deal for more resources than the value of any "aid" offered.

Corporations/companies already have a history of raping the resources in Africa - part of that regime is a leftover of the colonial and slavery era. Modern "corp speak" comprises screwing as much as possible and earning a profit to show on the stock markets of London, Wall Street and Tokyo. There is never a consideration for the base providers of their profits or concern for their welfare - it's all "take".

If ever a continent was raped repeatedly - it's Africa.

Meanwhile western politicians have been known to talk about Africa - and even take a photo opportunity tour, show concern, compassion and agree to provide aid. Bush was a recent visitor and promised 15 billion in "aid". In reality, they were lucky to see 5 billion - and even that came with a positive price tag for the benefit of US corporations. (BTW.. Bush has a very nasty habit of lying about alledged aid to Africa - he lies about everything else, so why not Africa as well?) The rape continues.

Lately we have celebs putting their name to assisting the African continent and they have to be commended - at least they are trying and hopefully will have some effect. However, no way can a group of celebs ever return or replace the damage caused over decades.

A friend specializing in development in third world countries finished his tour of duty in one African country last year. He had an almost unlimited budget, but found it hard to even give this away. The object of the excercise was to provide sustainability to this country in the form of industry and agriculture. In practice, there was pressure from western countries and corporations to not upset the applecart. The rapist corps and governments were busy at work and they did not want their profits being hit by having local industry competing or interferring with their cheap work force. The rape continues.

Next time you eat food, you can thank Africa in part for putting that food in your mouth - chances are it played a role somewhere.

05-07-2006, 10:38 AM
Webby Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Far far away - as possible Posts: 14,956	"can someone fill me in why there is so much poverty in Africa?" Loads of varying and different reasons. Its hard to generalise over a whole continent. The only generalities are in the history with colonialism, the slave trade, raping the land of it's natural resources and oppression. The rape still continues today in the form of ... it can be called "agreements", "trading partnerships" or "government aid". Rarely is there a deal with any country in the African continent that where there is a net benefit to that country. The worst offenders are western govts and corporations. Governments proudly boast of "aid" to Africa - but "aid" always comes at a price or with a reciprocal deal for more resources than the value of any "aid" offered. Corporations/companies already have a history of raping the resources in Africa - part of that regime is a leftover of the colonial and slavery era. Modern "corp speak" comprises screwing as much as possible and earning a profit to show on the stock markets of London, Wall Street and Tokyo. There is never a consideration for the base providers of their profits or concern for their welfare - it's all "take". If ever a continent was raped repeatedly - it's Africa. Meanwhile western politicians have been known to talk about Africa - and even take a photo opportunity tour, show concern, compassion and agree to provide aid. Bush was a recent visitor and promised 15 billion in "aid". In reality, they were lucky to see 5 billion - and even that came with a positive price tag for the benefit of US corporations. (BTW.. Bush has a very nasty habit of lying about alledged aid to Africa - he lies about everything else, so why not Africa as well?) The rape continues. Lately we have celebs putting their name to assisting the African continent and they have to be commended - at least they are trying and hopefully will have some effect. However, no way can a group of celebs ever return or replace the damage caused over decades. A friend specializing in development in third world countries finished his tour of duty in one African country last year. He had an almost unlimited budget, but found it hard to even give this away. The object of the excercise was to provide sustainability to this country in the form of industry and agriculture. In practice, there was pressure from western countries and corporations to not upset the applecart. The rapist corps and governments were busy at work and they did not want their profits being hit by having local industry competing or interferring with their cheap work force. The rape continues. Next time you eat food, you can thank Africa in part for putting that food in your mouth - chances are it played a role somewhere. __________________ XXX TLD's - Another mosquito to swat.