http://mindofmalaka.word...ellectual-african-scum/

Nice read:
"It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.”...............................................................

Ummm, good question!

Then comes the sad, typical ready made academic answer!

Walter is a mad man. But to borrow a line from Chinua Achebe's A man of the People, even a mad man sometimes speaks the truth. I do not agree that colonialism should be absolved of all blame. Neither should the even more vicious neocolonialism. However, I think it is true that the African genius is grossly under-utilized. The reason this continues unabated has to do with our education and socialization system. Our education system does not teach us to be thinkers. Instead, it teaches us to take pride in memorizing even things we do not understand. It also discourages questioning how things are the way they are - effectively destroying curiosity. Yet it can be argued that curiosity is one of the most important elements in charting new territory. In addition, we are socialized to believe in all things mzungu. To be consumers of technology, not creators of it. These are NOT easy problems especially because of their systemic nature. If anything, they are self-propagating, in a sense. But I think slowly, we are crawling out of the mess. Very slowly. At least it is the feeling I get whenever I see local content on out televisions, radios and the internet. How Wazuans, for instance, share local solutions to local problems, is clear testimony to our progress.

I like Walter, its not often that you'll find a mzungu who will tell you the blatant truth! The Jews were enslaved just as the Africans, yet you can not compare them economically, that says alot. It is time to stop blaming external factors and take responsibility for our own fate. We have to always remember that good things come to those who wait, but only those things left over by those who hussle. Thanks for the blog too, a great read.