is there something wrong with the african?Why cant africa develop?

Answer 1

I know most people tend to thing the real problem is on the African side, but I tend do disagree... I'd say that as long as Africa as potential for growth and lots of resources both Europeans and Americans will not let it develop. Its allot easier for us to control a poor country with in-cult people then a developed one (and thus get their resources for ourselves).

Just my 2 cents.

Answer 2

Democracy is a wonderful word pushed by politicians. Look at how well it works in other countries, It must be good?
I disagree. Most Africans are not well educated enough to know what is good for them in the long run. If you want to win an election, promise the masses short term gain like land money or a T-shirt (with the party leaders ugly mug on it) and you have someone that will vote for you. Africa should take a few steps back and be run by local chiefs and a Monarchy or two that have the best interest of it citizens at heart. maybe a few decades from now they can move onto Democracy once the situation has improved. I have worked in most central and southern African countries and believe that the true potential has just started to emerge. Thank goodness the cold war is over. Both the Americans and Russians destroyed this continent by filling it with weapons. Most people in power now were trained by the Russians at some point or another.
Keep an eye on Africa. I think it will do better than most people expect in the future.

Answer 3

Nothing wrong with the 'african' since once they make it to Europe or USA they usually do make it quite nicely according to the skills that they have aquired in their life. Hard working africans are all over the UK, from nurses to construction workers. Also I know many of them, nothing wrong with them.

Why can't Africa develop is more a legacy of colonialism that robbed their resources, split the continent in arbitrary borders and hindered the development of local solutions, aspirations and ambitious. That followed by the early independence era of corrupt leaders who were mostly western puppets. CIA themselves must have put about 20 of them in place supporting military coups accross the continent, and indirectly supporting the racist Apartheid government in South Africa for decades.

So finally now Africans are expressing their own ambitions, they have seen the world through immigration into the countries of the colonial masters and they will rise again. The number of new political parties, free newspapers has never been greater. Still wars persist, but warlords get convicted, like Charles Taylor of Liberia just was sent to the Hague in the Neatherlands (due to fear of security of his detention in Sierra Leone where he committed crimes as well).

Next with better politics and press, the countries can start to think for themselves, and not through the brains of foreign development agencies, world bank or the IMF, who have brought 20 years of horrible 'structural adjustment' to the continent, that has seen the selling off of natural resources to the wealthy western multinationals, more taxes on the poor to pay for healthcare and no restraints on capital flight where the rich send their money away and buy nice houses in the UK or France.

Africa can develop with national strategeis, national resources (which are plenty). Maybe there will be merging of states (Kenya and Tanzania for instance), or splitting ones that don't reflect ethnic sentiments (Sudan, Marocco's Western Sahara, Camerun, Chad, Congo... ). It's still a long road before a 'normal' status of existence will be brough to all parts of Africa, where development is actually the key question, and not tribal politics, basic freedoms or starvation. Some countries like Ghana, Ivory coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya will strive ahead sooner, but even they have various problems like HIV/AIDS for the last two, or ethnic tensions in Ivory Coast (they should really change the name of the country.... Ivory trade killed all their elephants anyway.)

Answer 4

I am not a student of Africa and can only go by what I see on the news. I see aids, slavery, wars, starvation, killings and murders and massacres, poverty, over population, base instincts of reproduction and survival. The culture there does not seem to have produced anyting of greatness to build on from one generation to the next.
The wars do not appear to be based on religion but on the need for power or to wipe out tribes or groups of people for political gain. I do not hear very much about religion in Africa.

Answer 5

Some parts of Africa are developing slowly but in a lot of places corrupt government and foreign exploitation prevents natural, gradual, development from taking place.

Answer 6

Centuries ago it was the inner tribal wars that the prisoners of were sold into slavery. Now the groups are no longer called tribes, their weapons are more advanced and since there isn't really a market for slaves anymore they slaughter the victims instead of taking them prisoner. Wow big difference.

It is just as unstable and corrupt now as it has been for the past five hundred years or more. Nothing has changed. It is their own people doing this to themselves.

We need to stop giving aid to corruption and violence because with or without our help they will continue to commit these atrocities.

Quite frankly if they can finish killing themselves off the world will have a nice wildlife refuge.

Answer 7

We can't seem to get our aid dollars to the people who need it.

I'm wondering what if we (the international community, not one country) set up schools, instead? Isn't education the key in the long run?

We might not be able to educate everyone, but maybe could do it by lottery, with a promise of a hot lunch to whomever was selected and attended.

It has been a hard nut to crack for a long, long time. I honestly don't know where we should start.

Colonialism has essentially been ruled out....

Answer 8

Africa is like the Republican Government here, there are more crimminals running things than there are honest people. They keep raping and pilaging our country like Africa. We used to be described as a fat turkey on a platter, but like Africa, we are a skeleton carcuss of that old turkey.......THANK BUSH FOR ALL OF IT.

Answer 9

As long as many African Countries are run by corrupted leaders there will be no development. It's sad, but true.

Answer 10

there will be no blood money and publicity from the US, G8 and Islamic Countries if Africa will be develop!