โDonโt go to South Africa if you want to stay alive. The citizens will kill you if you do. Many people have been killed and are currently in the mortuary. South Africans are very envious. They are very lazy, yet they complain that foreigners are taking their jobs. For us ladies, the men are often angry because we do not find them attractive.โ
โ A Ghanaian woman who was part of the second batch of Ghanaians repatriated from South Africa described life in the country and advised people not to travel there if they value their safety, adding that many foreigners have been killed by South Africans in ongoing xenophobic attacks
๐จ Official: Zadok Yohanna joins Brighton from AIK Stockholm on a contract until June 2031, winning the race against 4 clubs. ๐ณ๐ฌ
ยฃ21.5m fee invested on talented winger by #BHAFC. ๐ตโช๏ธ
@steven_avah1@Orbisi1@im_elie1@tobyasky Slow to which anger? Even Nkrumah himself said in a video that the foreign press always regard Ghanaians to be timid people(low IQ) It didnโt start today. Once you mentioned you are from Ghana, they will automatically assume you to be timid and slow(low IQ)
Firstly, Ethiopia is under US sanctions while Vietnam is not. And speaking of former French colonies, Haiti was the first to get independence (1804) and is still one of the poorest countries in the world because of the debt they had to take on to gain independence (it took them until 1947 to fully repay it!). Whereas, New Caledonia is still a French colony and is neither rich nor poor.
"If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor..."
This line completely ignores the European powers' (and US) post-colonial control over Africa. Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the DRC, was tortured and killed by Belgium and the US for being a nationalist. His body was dissolved in acid so he wouldn't become a martyr. His legacy is largely unknown even within the continent. Several other such "lessons" were meted out. Google Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso) and Sylvanus Olympio (Togo).
Once you set the example, you gain obedience. The VietCong, on the other hand, didn't surrender even though 3 million Vietnamese died during the war, and several thousand more continue to die to this day (!) from Agent Orange exposure.
As for former French colonies in Africa, France still controls their currency and holds their central bank reserves in France. As Rothschild purportedly said, "permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
Third, the borders in Africa were drawn in such a way that conflict was inevitable. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-85, the European powers simply carved up the continent by drawing straight line borders. African leaders were conspicuous only by their absence at this historic event which shaped the next century. This is why Cameroon, a French-speaking country, has a minority English-speaking territory, ensuring it remains destabilized. Likewise for West Asia/the Middle East, where the Sykes-Picot legacy lives on.
@magattew conflates formal colonial rule with colonial control. Vietnam managed to fully kick out both France and the US, reunified the North and the South, and kept its sovereignty. All African leaders who attempted the same have been systematically eliminated (see Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's divisive leader, for a recent example), ensuring Africa forever bears the open wounds of its colonial legacy.
But Ms. Wade is right on one thing: Vietnam owes its prosperity to overcoming colonial rule. Maybe Africa can become prosperous if Africans do the same.
@BiolaBlack@tobyasky Lol smh .. the truth is that Ghana has had patriotic citizens amongst their majority tribes, unlike Nigeria where the majority tribes are fighting themselves.. This same Yaradua many of you hype as the best president was still attacked by you lots unlike Ghanaians
@Orbisi1@im_elie1@tobyasky But the nigerian guy should Continue disgracing himself thinking heโs disgracing Nigeria? Same Mahama that has arrested over 17ghanaians for insulting him? His govt couldnโt stop Galemsey in 6months as promised? These Peter Obi supporters keep fooling yall for political reasons
@Hon_Dave1@cdrafrica Lol This was the first recorded fraud case in west Africa. Yes, it was carried out by a Ghanaian in Ghana. Even the first kidnapping and sikaduro in west Africa was carried out by Ghanaians. Ghanaians brought all these crimes to Nigeria, the main reason we chased them out then
@owadie_collins@ogheneruru_01@Kobby81350571@Govmentson@gyaigyimii Believe which bullshit? Even Nkrumah himself said in a video that the foreign press always regards Ghanaians to be timid people(low IQ) It didnโt start today. Once you mentioned you are from Ghana, they will automatically assume you to be timid and slow(low IQ)
@jameZpaedaE@agbulight@GHNaijaBallers Okoye is not a serious goal keeper. A goal keeper that seeks attention in the goal area and always causing errors on the pitch. He is not even good for penalty kicks. A goal keeper that blames his central defenders and never accept blames? A clueless goalkeeper right now?