03/08/2020
The Tragedy of Africa, A Rich but Poor Continent
ModernghanaAug 2, 2020Read original

Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah once said and I quote "Africa is rich and not poor, Africa has immense actual and potential wealth, Gold, Diamond, Bauxite, Manganese, Iron ore, Copper and a host of other minerals, our essential agricultural produce have all been drained by colonialist and imperialist governments. Africa is far from being poor, it is Africans who are poor and not Africa. And they are poor because of the uncounted profits that have been exploited from their labour and from their land"
Africa today has become in the words of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
"A scar on the conscience of humanity"
We live in an Africa today where our young men and women have no pride and no interest in Africa. When they want to enjoy themselves they sing the praises of football teams from Europe and America, it is Manchester United, it is Arsenals, Real Madrid and Barcelona not Hearts of Oak, not Kotoko, not Esperance de Tunis of Tunisia, not TP Mazel of Congo, not Al Ahly of Egypt, this is the Africa we are confronted with.
We are confronted today with an Africa where our young women enjoy cheap grade B Mexican soap opera, it is La Patrona, Kumkum Bhaqya etc. Africa today does not enjoy its theatre and drama.
Our young men and women today want to run away from Africa, when you go to the embassies of the United States of America and other European countries our young men and women have made long ques seeking the Almighty green card, that is the Africa with which we are confronted with.
Not so long ago, a group of Africans drowned in the Mediterranean around the island of Malta just because they were running away from Africa, Not so long ago over 400 young men and women from various countries in Africa drowned around the island of Lampedusa because they were running away from Africa, this time round Africans are not wailing and kicking as they are being taken away to be ensl