What is Africa known for...? ( Archived) (47)

Africa, a Huge continent comprised of 54 countries. AIDS is treated with drugs now, and their experience with ebola actually has enabled them to respond to COVID 19 very well---better than the USA, in fact. The pictures you saw of starving children on tv is a rarity now, because Africa has been slowly developing over time. Many of the young have grown up, with an education in many cases, and have moved to the cities. Rather than telephone lines all over the place, they have cell phones. With internet service. China is helping them develop, and some good companies are going over there for profit because Africa is the last frontier. Yes, there are Juju priests, but as the young get educated this, in time, will be mostly eradicated. There are scammers, but what is a "scammer"? Those are everywhere, from the phone company that rips you off to false advertising to inferior products sold as superior. And even the white young man in your country who marries an older women just for her money. Their leaders are known for being greedy, yes, they are but what of our own leaders? We know that they, too, are not so free from greedy deals. The sub-saharan Africans are not monkeys. They are human beings with souls just like the rest of us. They are our brothers and sisters who were created equal to us. Yes, they often have big families, because that has their wealth. But with education things do shift. For better and also for worse in some ways. Take Gambia, a very small but poor country. They may lack material goods, but they laugh more and claim to be happier. Those who move overseas often come back home because the western world is too stressful and fast paced. There is much in the world that needs to change, so don't judge too harshly.