If anyone seriously thinks that an African leader struck down by this virus won’t move heaven and earth to seek treatment abroad they are living on another planet. They will always find someone they could bribe to take them in – China for example.
Ayoade Adebiyi
4 years ago
These nations will not be well served by “white saviours” in my opinion. They once had those “white saviours” as leaders during the colonial era and they weren’t any better than the current extractive elite governing many African countries. What the white saviours did for the empire, the new corrupt political elite do for personal aggrandisement. The present state of Africa is more nuanced than it would appear from the above article.
Jerry W
4 years ago
Are there really no altruistic, honest leaders of African countries?
I think that answer is sweeping, dismissive and misleading. It’s not a helpful way to view the complexity of political leadership in Africa. We may well ask if there are altruistic, honest politicians anywhere else-in Europe or America? We may also ask if the West is not complicit in a huge way in the graft and exploitation that’s pulling Africa under? Yes, there is humongous corruption in some African states, but clearly there are leaders who are striving to do their best in the circumstances.
If anyone seriously thinks that an African leader struck down by this virus won’t move heaven and earth to seek treatment abroad they are living on another planet. They will always find someone they could bribe to take them in – China for example.
These nations will not be well served by “white saviours” in my opinion. They once had those “white saviours” as leaders during the colonial era and they weren’t any better than the current extractive elite governing many African countries. What the white saviours did for the empire, the new corrupt political elite do for personal aggrandisement. The present state of Africa is more nuanced than it would appear from the above article.
Are there really no altruistic, honest leaders of African countries?
No.
I think that answer is sweeping, dismissive and misleading. It’s not a helpful way to view the complexity of political leadership in Africa. We may well ask if there are altruistic, honest politicians anywhere else-in Europe or America? We may also ask if the West is not complicit in a huge way in the graft and exploitation that’s pulling Africa under?
Yes, there is humongous corruption in some African states, but clearly there are leaders who are striving to do their best in the circumstances.
Fair comment, and there may well be some leasers striving to do their best, but I would like to know which ones.
From poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor counties – that’s aid.