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June 2008 
Africa in diaspora
Posted on Jan 30th, 2006
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benzion72
benzion72
Another solution for african problem is for the african in diaspora to returns to thier indivdual country and contribute to the development of their individual nation building. No country in the world will help to develop another, the onus lie in individual nations to blaze the trails. Some super nations will ever want the less develop one to remain perpetually undeveloped cos by joining developed nation they threating job security for their citizen if nigeria is producing radio where will america sell her own, if nigeria is producing steel where will russian sell thier own steel, so it pays to keep underdevelop nation thier for life.
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Benzion, you are looking at something nobody wants to talk about – global economic injustice. And yet, it is very, very real. Unfortunately, the scale of the problem exceeds the individual imagination for solving it, especially in our time of “Shock and Awe” under BushCo. And yet….how can we live our lives knowing of the injustice of predatory global economics. Have you heard of the book titled Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man, by John Perkins? Here’s part of an interview between John and Amy Goodman:
AMY GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. Okay, explain this term, “economic hit man,” e.h.m., as you call it.
JOHN PERKINS: Basically what we were trained to do and what our job is to do is to build up the American empire. To bring – to create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we’ve been very successful. We’ve built the largest empire in the history of the world. It’s been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It’s only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort. This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
So where do we begin in facing the problem? I think we begin by talking about it. My naming the problem, which you have done.Well let’s name it a little bit more! (12 days later!)
I agree Benzion we must do our utmost to keep on talking and meditate for a solution to those problems. Let us try!
The last sentence of my comment…that should read “By naming the problem….” Sorry for the typo….
Benzion, you say:
“i pray the great world power will redress thier injustice to there fello human befor it is too late”
I pray with you, focusing my part of this prayer directly at the intentional immorality that has created this vast design of injustice.
I will not accept this injustice in my heart.
Fred Dube, the cellmate of Nelson Mandela for 20 years, said to a class I was once in: “The good thing about prison…..is that you learn how to wait.”
Fred conveyed a will whose depth was endless.
I pray for the capacity to feel the reality of Africa where I feel most paralyzed against feeling anything at all.
Feeling the reality of what is happening and talking about it together is not enough, but speaking is more than remaining silent.
Chris, thanks for been my prayer patner in the recovery of my country and continenet Africa, i am always glad to have somebody that will see our trouble in this end of the world.
As regards the South African experience, try and read Nelson Mandela autobiography ‘My march through prison’ it revealing, it shows man wickedness against man
I want to read the bio of Benzion….March to personal freedom, attitude is a choice! Bring on Ola and the gang!
Hi Will, i have a many rivers to cross before i can bring out bio i am still struggling with hope that light will shine at the end of my tunnel, that the present darkness will give in to the morining light, that the present mourning will give way to dancing friend i see light
It is a noble thought that all Africans abroad should return to their home countries and help re-build Africa. However, the reality is that sometimes we can do better for our countries abroad. In this I mean that by gaining social and usually financial status abroad we are better equipped to tackle problems in Africa. The second thing is this-especially for artists-at this time Africa is not really open to a focus on the arts. It is sometimes seen as selfish for one to pursue their art as opposed to medicine or any other similar fields. So as an artist it seems that home is not always the best place to flourish. However, this does not mean we should neglect our responsibility to give back to our home countries.
I envision enlisting the help of young up and coming African designers to open an emporium back home where we can display and sell our wares to the public. I want to invest in the arts because I believe my contribution is going to be a cultural one. In the sense of a cultural revolution that actually acknowledges the very important role that artists of all genres contribute towards the growth of a country.
ACL