Africa isn't poor - Africa is being raped.

[Naida_BR]

I laugh at my continent when foreigners call us poor. You make a statement online about the continent or any country in it and the first thing that comes to people mind is "That poor country or poor continent". Who is to be blamed for all these, it isn't just the leaders anymore but the people are to be held responsible because they voted those leaders into power.

The image below shows you how wealthy Africa is and if she wasn't being raped she would had been the richest continent on earth.

        

What my continent have failed to realized is that power won't be given to you unless you fight for it. If the world was a fair one most African countries would had been among world leading country but instead we get treated like slaves and our wealth is been enjoy by other continents. What a shame

From the marvel movie "Blackpanther" i believe the solution to the continent (Africa) problem is to act as the past Kings of wakanda did with their natural resource: Vibranium, they should learn to manage their resources themselves and later they can sell finish products to the outside world.

I think that the West doesn't call Africa poor as a continent but as each and every economy on this continent.
African Soil is full of rich elements which can provide a lot of money to countries. It is about their leaders who want to keep their citizens poor. If you want a change you have to change and reform your whole society.

[styca]

Africa is certainly the most exploited continent. I do think it is also the poorest continent, but this is because Western nations have exploited Africa remorselessly for hundreds of years. Africa certainly has huge natural resources, and would be much wealthier were it not for Western interference.

A bit of a tangent, but Africa does suffer from geography to an extent. There is a question as to why in the past Africa has struggled to develop as quickly as other nations. I think this is due to the fact that the river system is not easily navigable. Particularly compared to say the USA, which has easy river navigation throughout the country. Africa's major rivers on the other hand have frequent disruption from waterfalls and rapids, which significantly hampers trade and development. Apologies if I'm veering off-topic slightly, but I think this is an important point historically.

[YOSHIE]

I laugh at my continent when foreigners call us poor.

You said right, Africa is not poor, we visited your country last year, it was fun.



With abundant natural resources, but unfortunately Africa has been plagued by prolonged hostility to this day, I am very worried that the people there cannot enjoy so many natural products.



With very fertile soil conditions and abundant agricultural products such as: corn, coffee, beans, Ethiopia and many others.
Such as: chrome, gas, oil, gold, platinum, tin etc.
This is a sign that the African continent is indeed a super natural continent of its wealth.



I am personally proud of the kind and friendly African community.

I hope that hostilities in Africa are fleeting and people can live in peace and peace.

Greetings Africa. Peace.

[Quanatix]

I laugh at my continent when foreigners call us poor. You make a statement online about the continent or any country in it and the first thing that comes to people mind is "That poor country or poor continent". Who is to be blamed for all these, it isn't just the leaders anymore but the people are to be held responsible because they voted those leaders into power.

The image below shows you how wealthy Africa is and if she wasn't being raped she would had been the richest continent on earth.

        

What my continent have failed to realized is that power won't be given to you unless you fight for it. If the world was a fair one most African countries would had been among world leading country but instead we get treated like slaves and our wealth is been enjoy by other continents. What a shame

From the marvel movie "Blackpanther" i believe the solution to the continent (Africa) problem is to act as the past Kings of wakanda did with their natural resource: Vibranium, they should learn to manage their resources themselves and later they can sell finish products to the outside world.

Africa, oh Africa. So historical, and many stories are not told properly I suppose. Much blood has been spilled trying to attain that goal. As it is, yes, it is not poor - it is poor because it cannot hold itself together. Like the other post mentioned, its African killing fellow African because they're from another tribe. Its African killing fellow African to get what big corporations are offering them - less than 1% of what they really should own. All the violence, all the pain, and all the turmoil it is experiencing has not ended because of so many things.

People are generally acting like the past Kings of Wakanda - which is fictional mind you. These are your warlords, fighting against each other - extracting the resources to buy weapons and they're all playing the colonizers game of buying the weapons of the military-industrial complex. Blood Diamonds, blood gold, blood oil - you name it.

Yes, Africa is not poor because of a lack of resource. Africa is poor because it is not united in peace.

[Wa Da Fak]

I never called Africa as poor continent, I think these people who thinks like that are just depending to the documentaries they have watched that shows the places that struggles.

Well documentaries is somehow our inner voice or eyes on some country we cant go into for example is the north korea right so we cant say
that africa isnt poor i think the right word is africa has been isolated because of some things we cannot see for example again is the electricity and such.

[iv4n]

Well documentaries is somehow our inner voice or eyes on some country we cant go into for example is the north korea right so we cant say
that africa isnt poor i think the right word is africa has been isolated because of some things we cannot see for example again is the electricity and such.

That`s why you never relay on one documentary, on one source of information. If you are interested in something you need to check it from more sides. Think critically and question everything.

Africa is certainly the most exploited continent. I do think it is also the poorest continent, but this is because Western nations have exploited Africa remorselessly for hundreds of years.

So western nations are rapping Africa for hundreds of years?

I would like to hear the names of this western nations that are rapping continents and countries. Anybody knows who are the bullies, or they are nameless?

[TheCoinGrabber]

Nah, they just need to get their shit together and you know, stop falling for people that rob them blind.

I would also say that private individuals should stop sending aid. That should force corrupt governments to actually do something for their people else risk getting toppled. These "donations" are also killing whatever native industry managed to spring up. Imagine being a shoe manufacturer and then all of a sudden free shoes are coming in from abroad...

[johnpaul94]

I believe that the main issue here is not about Africa being raped but who is raping Africa or is it just a 'false wolf cry'?. Rightly said, Africa is undoubtedly a rich continent, however we the Africans have refused to liberate or minds from poverty and the choice of bad leaders who are constantly destroying the justice system to be able to bring satiety to their insatiable desire sat the expense of the progress of the continent. And the sad part is how we the masses still put them back in power to rule. 'So who is raping who'?

[TIDOVEE]

Africa is blessed with riches and resources that is enough to make the citizen never taste a day of hunger for life,  the problem of African handling the riches converting it into wealth for everyone is the first problem, the government in most African countries are such greedy that the amass wealth for themselves and their family, there is a saying the if you want to hide a secret from the Africans keep it in a book, Africans are so endowed with intelligence now that most people end up using it in another continent since it is not well appreciated and valued.

[Naida_BR]

Nah, they just need to get their shit together and you know, stop falling for people that rob them blind.

I would also say that private individuals should stop sending aid. That should force corrupt governments to actually do something for their people else risk getting toppled. These "donations" are also killing whatever native industry managed to spring up. Imagine being a shoe manufacturer and then all of a sudden free shoes are coming in from abroad...

I don't think that if Individuals stop sending aid to Africa, governments are going to act.
They will keep killing people without any purpose. Because giving aid to them would cost them money which now go to their pockets.

[Zanzibet]

For decades, the dominant image of Africa has been that it is poor and helpless. This image is wrong. i blame the documentaries that has been recorded over the years that has tainted our image for a long time. We have enough of everything to go round.

[BADecker]

Africa isn't poor. Africa is being developed. While there are many intelligent Africans, many are too ignorant to even understand the benefits of development. The development of Africa is bring many ignorant Africans into a better state of living. It's simply taking a while.

Don't tell me that the black slaves of the whites, that were brought to America were ultimately not in a better position in the US. Look at where their descendants are. Some of them are in Government. And it is similar in the UK.

[KingScorpio]

I laugh at my continent when foreigners call us poor. You make a statement online about the continent or any country in it and the first thing that comes to people mind is "That poor country or poor continent". Who is to be blamed for all these, it isn't just the leaders anymore but the people are to be held responsible because they voted those leaders into power.

The image below shows you how wealthy Africa is and if she wasn't being raped she would had been the richest continent on earth.

        

What my continent have failed to realized is that power won't be given to you unless you fight for it. If the world was a fair one most African countries would had been among world leading country but instead we get treated like slaves and our wealth is been enjoy by other continents. What a shame

From the marvel movie "Blackpanther" i believe the solution to the continent (Africa) problem is to act as the past Kings of wakanda did with their natural resource: Vibranium, they should learn to manage their resources themselves and later they can sell finish products to the outside world.

jes then all should simply stop trading with africa, let the africans sell their crap to each other, lets mine in arctic and russia, so africans finally start to blame themselves.
africans are constantly pissed off and blaming and demonising everyone else.

[darkangel11]

jes then all should simply stop trading with africa, let the africans sell their crap to each other, lets mine in arctic and russia, so africans finally start to blame themselves.
africans are constantly pissed off and blaming and demonising everyone else.

Especially the big bad white man that comes and takes. They don't remember that white man also builds and gives but they don't respect what is given to them.
They get hospitals, they steal from them. They get schools they burn them. All because of their stupid pride that white man's shit is bad and they will make their own. And then they get dictators who make slaves out of them and murder them and white man has to intervene to make them free again.

Do you know why black men were made slaves in the first place? Because they had mental characteristics of a slave. They cared only about their basic needs like food and shelter and once someone provided that they would work without a complaint.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

jes then all should simply stop trading with africa, let the africans sell their crap to each other, lets mine in arctic and russia, so africans finally start to blame themselves.
africans are constantly pissed off and blaming and demonising everyone else.

You guys only turn us against ourselves, you claim to be helping when all you do it take from us. In my local area the land, rivers and air have all been pollution by the big shell companies drilling oil from the soil. We're migrating to the cities which aren't safe per se just to avoid getting poison by the unpleasant environment the foreign companies have brought into our villages.

Did a thread recently titled: The Xenophobic attacks on Africans by South Africans, what's your take on this. technically this is the same situation happening in most part of Africa although the South Africa thought theirs too far. Africans are turning against themselves since they can't compete with the white in demanding their rights. We're open for development but do that rightfully and not enslave us in our own land, that's a slap to our face.

[acroman08]

jes then all should simply stop trading with africa, let the africans sell their crap to each other, lets mine in arctic and russia, so africans finally start to blame themselves.
africans are constantly pissed off and blaming and demonising everyone else.

Especially the big bad white man that comes and takes. They don't remember that white man also builds and gives but they don't respect what is given to them.
They get hospitals, they steal from them. They get schools they burn them. All because of their stupid pride that white man's shit is bad and they will make their own. And then they get dictators who make slaves out of them and murder them and white man has to intervene to make them free again.

Do you know why black men were made slaves in the first place? Because they had mental characteristics of a slave. They cared only about their basic needs like food and shelter and once someone provided that they would work without a complaint.

you'll never understand what they feel, with all the things that they have been through because of "the big bad white man's" greed it is expected from them
to build hatred towards white people and I don't blame them.

[darkangel11]

you'll never understand what they feel, with all the things that they have been through because of "the big bad white man's" greed it is expected from them
to build hatred towards white people and I don't blame them.

Maybe we should all live in the past? The Chinese should never achieve anything because they were once abused by the Japanese, the Japanese should keep hating the Americans and half of Europe should hate the Germans. No wonder Africa can't achieve anything with such mindset.
So many countries were destroyed in the 2nd world war and managed to move on and rebuild. Africa was never hit as hard as countries like France, Poland, or the UK.

[KingScorpio]

jes then all should simply stop trading with africa, let the africans sell their crap to each other, lets mine in arctic and russia, so africans finally start to blame themselves.
africans are constantly pissed off and blaming and demonising everyone else.

You guys only turn us against ourselves, you claim to be helping when all you do it take from us. In my local area the land, rivers and air have all been pollution by the big shell companies drilling oil from the soil. We're migrating to the cities which aren't safe per se just to avoid getting poison by the unpleasant environment the foreign companies have brought into our villages.

Did a thread recently titled: The Xenophobic attacks on Africans by South Africans, what's your take on this. technically this is the same situation happening in most part of Africa although the South Africa thought theirs too far. Africans are turning against themselves since they can't compete with the white in demanding their rights. We're open for development but do that rightfully and not enslave us in our own land, that's a slap to our face.

its called trade, you sell ressources, from your mines that have already been build so you can buy foreign stuff.
if you would still be a colony then europeans would actually invest into africa.

besides. you wouldnt be able to build an industry without european langauges. the problem is that without colonialism there would be more langauges in africa than in india.
and even india is only capable developing because it was once a colony. india is developing according to english langauge. without it it wouldnt be able to be unified.

if mining ressources doesnt make africans rich then simply try burning off your wilderness and build agricultre farms there so africa one day becomes 10 billion people, what can go wrong?

[clickerz]

Africa is blessed with riches and resources that is enough to make the citizen never taste a day of hunger for life,  the problem of African handling the riches converting it into wealth for everyone is the first problem, the government in most African countries are such greedy that the amass wealth for themselves and their family, there is a saying the if you want to hide a secret from the Africans keep it in a book, Africans are so endowed with intelligence now that most people end up using it in another continent since it is not well appreciated and valued.

I agree, Africa has vast natural resources too. Exploitation by foreigners,invaders? ,corruption,greed,mismanagement makes them suffer. They should elect an honest,incorruptible  and upright leader who has compassion to the poor.A leader who can inspire his people.

Because of mismanagement and corruption, it leads to detrimental conditions of majority. Poverty and hunger should be address extensively.Education should be prioritized too, an educated  citizen will help their nation  rise to prosperity.

[inanilujimi]

I laugh at my continent when foreigners call us poor. You make a statement online about the continent or any country in it and the first thing that comes to people mind is "That poor country or poor continent". Who is to be blamed for all these, it isn't just the leaders anymore but the people are to be held responsible because they voted those leaders into power.

The image below shows you how wealthy Africa is and if she wasn't being raped she would had been the richest continent on earth.

        

What my continent have failed to realized is that power won't be given to you unless you fight for it. If the world was a fair one most African countries would had been among world leading country but instead we get treated like slaves and our wealth is been enjoy by other continents. What a shame

From the marvel movie "Blackpanther" i believe the solution to the continent (Africa) problem is to act as the past Kings of wakanda did with their natural resource: Vibranium, they should learn to manage their resources themselves and later they can sell finish products to the outside world.

I agree with you if the African continent is managed well there will be no starving people.
only people in the government who enjoy the blessed natural products on the African continent.