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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Supercar: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: Again, Africa is one of the wealthiest continents in the world as far as natural resources. Before European conquest and colonialism Africans had their own industries that processed and refined raw materials into the goods that were in demand at the time and sell them to foreign markets. It was only during European colonialism that native industries were destroyed and replaced with those run by European companies. Now that the Europeans are gone (with exception of South Africa), Africans are forced to sell their raw material for cheap prices while foreign companies still process the materials and sell them get paid at much higher prices.[/QUOTE]Besides that, fact is, many African, if not most of them, are [b]net exporters of capital[/b]; the never-ending and increasing debts have a considerable impact on this. [QUOTE]Djehuti: Not all but many nations in Africa in the global market are nothing but giant sweatshops to say the least.[/QUOTE]No different from any other regions, where "globalized" corporations are taking advantage of "cheap" labor, under oppressive conditions. Parent companies often make the excuse that, for the currency of host nations of these foreign corporations, the subjects of that "cheap" labor are fairly paid. For instance, people in the U.S. complain about high-tech companies moving jobs to India. Well, the Indians are on the lower receiving end, for providing at least equal if not superior productivity but getting paid less than their American counterparts for doing the very same tasks. [QUOTE]Djehuti: It's true that some African nations are beginning to catch up with the West, but [b]how long with Africa as a continent be able to recover completely from its bankruptcy and become a major player in the economy that it was centuries ago?[/b][/QUOTE]...when colonial-incurred debts have been 'unconditionally" withdrawn, fair trade policies in the likes of WTO, e.g. allowing for subsidies or protection of local or home grown industries in "developing" countries until the said developing nations are able to attain a widened market enough to compete with other Nations with established larger markets, and only thereafter, should any application of restrictions on 'protection' of home markets be applied; this in addition to not leaving out the overhaul of institutions like UN, to be democratic in "actuality" than only in principle...i.e. [i]on paper[/i] but not in practice. Ps - Kenndo is right to reiterate the point that Africa is a continent, with nations with varying levels of successes, as well as problems. For instance, it is outright ridiculous and apparently ignorant to just assume that in every African nation people are starving, suffering from AIDS, living in huts or rural environments, don't vote in presidential or state official elections or have no such systems in place, fighting one another based on "tribal" affiliations or live in an unstable polity, and so forth. Sure these problems exist in certain locations on the continent, but not everywhere; there are places in Africa, people outside, and perhaps even on the continent don't realize exist, simply because the polity is peaceful, stable and not making news outside Africa, which is almost always only the case, when it is negative, rather than talk of success stories. This is not do deny ongoing "neo-colonial" tactics being used to keep African nations in "check," which notwithstanding some nations best efforts or successes, largely remain in place. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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