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Will the suffering of Africans never end? It often seems not.
In fact, in the past decade the suffering has grown steadily worse. Africa is the only region of the world whose people ended up poorer at the end of the 1980s than they were at the beginning...
War continues to rake the continent, and it is a special kind of war - endless, back-and-forth factional fighting that tears apart civil society and leaves anarchy in its train. Rwanda and Somalia are the best-known examples. There are plenty of others: Liberia, where armed groups have raped, looted and slaughtered at will for more than four years; Sudan, where fighting between the Islamic government in the north and animist rebels in the south has cost an estimated 1.3 million lives; Angola, where government and rebels have been locked in off-and-on combat for years...
Hunger, disease, war. Africa's travails are so great it is tempting to write if off as a hopeless case, destined to plunge deeper and deeper into misery even as the rest of the world surges forward.
That would be a mistake. However daunting, none of Africa's troubles are insuperable. In fact, there are at least a few signs of hope.
One is the death of socialism. Almost without exception, African countries have ended the disastrous 30-year experiment with collectivized agriculture, central planning and closed economic borders.
From Tanzania to Nigeria, governments have privatized state companies, lifted price and trade controls and freed exchange rates. According to the World Bank, incomes have climbed steadily in the countries that stuck firmly to the path of economic reform...
Another hopeful sign is the spread of democracy. More than half of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have either held or promised to hold competitive elections.... Democracy, of course, is not a panacea. In some countries, it has aggravated ethnic tensions as parties form along tribal or regional lines. Some elected leaders have proven as venal and inept as their self-appointed predecessors. But in the long run, democracy offers far better odds of competent, accountable government than what came before.
Hope must be tempered by realism... Given all its handicaps, Africa seems likely to be the world's poorest, most violent region for a long time to come.
Will the suffering of Africans never end? It often seems not.
In fact, in the past decade the suffering has grown steadily worse. Africa is the only region of the world whose people ended up poorer at the end of the 1980s than they were at the beginning...
War continues to rake the continent, and it is a special kind of war - endless, back-and-forth factional fighting that tears apart civil society and leaves anarchy in its train. Rwanda and Somalia are the best-known examples. There are plenty of others: Liberia, where armed groups have raped, looted and slaughtered at will for more than four years; Sudan, where fighting between the Islamic government in the north and animist rebels in the south has cost an estimated 1.3 million lives; Angola, where government and rebels have been locked in off-and-on combat for years...
Hunger, disease, war. Africa's travails are so great it is tempting to write if off as a hopeless case, destined to plunge deeper and deeper into misery even as the rest of the world surges forward.
That would be a mistake. However daunting, none of Africa's troubles are insuperable. In fact, there are at least a few signs of hope.
One is the death of socialism. Almost without exception, African countries have ended the disastrous 30-year experiment with collectivized agriculture, central planning and closed economic borders.
From Tanzania to Nigeria, governments have privatized state companies, lifted price and trade controls and freed exchange rates. According to the World Bank, incomes have climbed steadily in the countries that stuck firmly to the path of economic reform...
Another hopeful sign is the spread of democracy. More than half of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have either held or promised to hold competitive elections.... Democracy, of course, is not a panacea. In some countries, it has aggravated ethnic tensions as parties form along tribal or regional lines. Some elected leaders have proven as venal and inept as their self-appointed predecessors. But in the long run, democracy offers far better odds of competent, accountable government than what came before.
Hope must be tempered by realism... Given all its handicaps, Africa seems likely to be the world's poorest, most violent region for a long time to come.
Naomba umuhoji na Mohamed Said ameandika kitabu kizuri sana cha harakati za uhuru. anafanya kazi bandari Tanga.
China is growing fast and needs what Africa has to offer. So the Chinese are coming to get it whether you like it or not. Not just China but other growing economies too. The second phase of scramble of Africa has already began. This time the colonizers are coming from far east.
Zakumi,
Mkuu uliza swali hii habari ya Population mbona unatupa kazi wakati unajua wazi hatutunzi kumbukumbu zetu..NJAA mkuu njaa utafikiria lini nje ya tumbo huo wakati upo kweli?..Lakini naweza sema tulikuwa wengi tu kuliko nchi jirani na baadhi nchi za Ulaya..
Bila kukubali Ndivyo Tulivyo?Nataka kujenga premises kuhusu mazingira, population na maendeleo.
Ningependa kuwauliza swali moja. Hivi kabla ya wakoloni kuja? miji au vijiji vilivyokuwepo Tanzania vilikuwa na wastani wa population ya watu wangapi?
Sasa hii huwezi kupata data zilizo reliable mkuu. Kama mikataba tulikuwa hatujui inamaanisha nini kwa sababu tulikuwa hatujui kusoma sembuse namba na mahesabu...
Wewe nyani wewe hivi hujaona watu wanaojua kuhesabu japo hawajui kusoma na kuandika au unavyotuona tulivyo ndivyo ulivyo?
Alafu kuna jamii nyingi tu za Afrika zilikuwa zinajua hayo yote na zilikuwa mpaka na vyuo vikuu kabla ya ukoloni - hebu cheki hii historia ya vyuo hivyo: A Historical Accounting of African Universities: Beyond Afropessimism | The Zeleza Post
Wewe karibia utadata sasa!! Kwanza umeshachangia msiba?