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Originally Posted by Inan’Ta
The West feels guilty for Colonialism, manipulating African regimes during the Cold War to their political advantage( then providing them with the arms to slaughter their populace), and of course their wealth. Their aid should not be shunned, but neither should it be mindlessly lapped up - for not all help is beneficial in the long term, and may serve to prevent the country from developing required infrastructure, and make it reliant upon others for key resources.
Other than being more selective with the aid they receive, they can take advantage of their vast mineral resources, invest into the huge tourism industry, and tap into numerous niche markets.
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Forget those damn celebrities. Most of them dont do what they pretend because they really want to help Africans who suffer and would need help. (Dont get me wrong, thats by no way all Africans, not even remotely probably). They just do it for postive PR.
The western help was for a long time totally mislead and ineffective. Perhaps its still to a certain extend. But I think things are getting better in this regards. Modern projects are not imposed on Africans anymore, but are concipated that locals are educated in order to become the ones to help themeselves + gets a financial basis to get something done.
Thats help to help themselves. Where Westerners are involved in the beginning, probably right from the start with assistance of Africans who know the situation best. And later on there enough skilled local project managers, who also be able to run the whole thing in future. At best some self runner concepts where locals can show a good concept to others and all throught this act improve their state of living.
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But who says that it has to be westerners? I think the optimal thing is when there is a trustworthy (=noncorrupt, as everywhere on the world you can't trust everyone, not in the west nor anywhere else) African developement helper and help him financially if he needs more money for his work.
Of course the best projects are those that dont need large finances, they are a great addition as well. Its not Africa but in Bangladesh I think one created a concept for honest credits that really help out the poorest of the poor to get on the own feet. He got justifiedly the noble prize for his developement work. And he is not a westerner, nor white.
I dont think that it helps if anyone goes to Africa who thinks he is something better than the Africans...
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