Who or what has conditioned the African to consume what he/she doesn't produce, and produce what he/she doesn't consume?

Why is such a situation a tragedy?

The problem with Africa is that all or most have been alienated from their identity as humans with a traceable history and spirit for political convinience. The present day African despises himself and embraces symbols and philosophies he doesn't understand in a bid to feed and clothe himself. The African is still a slave deep in the mind and heart.

http://www.theguardian.c...-indonesia-african-roots

[quote=tycho]The problem with Africa is that all or most have been alienated from their identity as humans with a traceable history and spirit for political convinience. The present day African despises himself and embraces symbols and philosophies he doesn't understand in a bid to feed and clothe himself. The African is still a slave deep in the mind and heart.

http://www.theguardian.c...indonesia-african-roots[/quote]

Depends on which Africans you are talking about. The ones left behind were naive but hardly slaves. The British did consider us savages but treated us better than the Americans treated their slaves. I think our problem is that we picked all the bad habits and not enough of the good ones. We are always playing catch up. Don't forget these buggers have been at this for quite a long while.