@ChessMaster, here are some bits of evidence to show that we embrace oppressive perceptions for our survival.

1. Normally, questioning of authority is met with punishment, at all levels of this world culture.

2. The introduction of African nation state included oppressive measures like taxation in colonial currency, failure to which resulted in punishment.

3. This approach facilitated slavery and slave trade.

Picture the South African miners who died recently under a hail of bullets.

If they died and they were still being oppressed,it beats the purpose of survival.

But the common man doesn't know if and how the leaders are stealing. S/he doesn't know if they are being oppressed because that's what they have been raised up to expect. Its not stupidity if you don't know. Knowing and not doing something about it,there I'd agree with you.

We have low IQs but have some of the world biggest penis sizes http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=4923

We have low IQs but have some of the world biggest penis sizes http://www.targetmap.com...ewer.aspx?reportId=4923[/quote]

I think now we're digressing.Lets remove the size part too many loopholes.The eurozone is one of the highest IQs,how come they have a crisis?

The I.Q test itself is flawed.

Let me start from where l agree with you. I agree we can be petty. I can point a million examples but lets leave it on that. I agree with you.

I disagree on the other points:

1-The fact that you are importing a luxury car does not make you wealthy or does not mean you are wealthy. It just means you are a consumer.

2-Being a consumer country, that makes your country poor but makes the exporting country wealthy. This is caused by several reasons. Chief among them is that Western countries have been very successful in exporting their cultures around the world. Hence, most people will always demand western goods.

3-That is good for them, bad for the consuming country. Because,industries cannot develop if consumers in a country are demanding foreign goods. Buy local would be a good idea. How about we start producing cars locally?

4-It is in the interest of everyone that Africa remains poor because we are rich in minerals, oil, and we supply a lot of the world's consumable commodities. If our economies improve, our currencies strengthen,these exports will be too expensive. So Africa needs to remain poor.

5-Africa also needs to remain poor considering that poverty is an industry in itself. If we become self sufficient think of how many white people working in international organizations, NGOs etc will end up being jobless.

6-And, the economies of all western countries were built on the built of the backs of slaves and cheap labor of indigenous people. Of course you cannot enslave someone as they used to do in the 18th Century. Most of the slaves in 18th century, after they were freed they ended up under economic enslavement. They remained slaves.We remain, economic slaves. You probably know how much we owe the IMF. World Bank and other foreign governments. Even the Bible says that your creditor owns you.

7-Consider how much multinationals make in Africa compared to how much they pay Africans. Consider how much of that profit gets repatriated while we struggle paying our debt. You probably know issues o tax avoidance, tax evasion, safe havens, and transfer pricing by multinationals.

And as Jesus said, You shall always have the poor among you.

In other words, all systems are skewed to make sure that Africa remains that way. POOR

@mkeiyd
I agree that poor africa is of no good to anyone, and I know alot of people somehow have bought into the narrative that we're poor because the west want us to remain poor, that is total propaganda spread by those in power.

Africa is poor mainly because of our traditional cultures dated couple of centuries, let me put it in clear term, because of our primitive traditional culture. Those who think we are poor because we're only 50yrs old is wrong, we were poor before the white man came to colonize us. Infact if the Mzungu had not step foot to our shores we would be extinct by now, hunting, gathering, fishing and farming the ancient way wouldn't have supported our population.

Yes, we might want to ignore facts but, where were we when the white man was building ships? Probably dancing naked for the king! As a matter of facts, those who think borrowed culture from the west is to be blame are completely wrong, look at the evidence right infront of you, there are people in our country that are still living and following our traditions, okiek, maasai, they live in unbearable poverty even though they have land and cows!

Our tradition which still influence us to the moment was a tradition full of propaganda and short of accountability, infact the reason why we buy into and elect most of our leadership stem from the fact that most of the people just can't breakaway from the propaganda. I am a Kalenjin, I grew up thinking Kalenjins were a chosen tribe, infact the legend stories passed along from generation to generation rainforces that myth. Every tribe in Africa have some propaganda strategies that has been built into idiology over time. Look at what we are about to do, elect ICC suspects? thats dumb!

Unless move towards adopting a more broad culture, we are going to countinue in povery lane!

There's nothing wrong with our traditions and cultures and if i may ask, what defines poverty? Am i poor because I dont have a car that I dont need?

Am I poor because my choice of entertainment is dancing naked and not watching some western film?

Imagine if the car infront is always a "mobius"

Imagine if the tea that the world drinks was KETEPA, and coffee KAHAWA no1 (not nestle), imagine if all the clothes we buy and are milled from cotton that we grow, imagine if more research was done on our "miti ni dawa" and we wouldn't have to depend on smithskline beecham for the tembes we take, imagine if our ladies were crazy about kazuri jewelerly and bags the same way they are about Gucci and bla bla...

One day a lady blasted me in nakumatt for asking her why she prefers popcorn from SA than the locally made popcorn If we aint brainwashed, then i dont know...