News: The global perception that Africa sucks gathers more speed

Posted on 20. Dec, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry in Totally Whack

Poor Africa. Dusty, full of famine and stupid, pathetic losers like this guy.

At least that’s what this ad campaign for the Kamitei Foundation
(“Kamitei”), a non-religious charity that aims to make an effective
contribution to the education of children in Tanzania through small
scale investments in facilities and teaching aids and through the
granting of individual scholarships, is saying.

Isn’t this the kind of thinking that started all the problems in the first place? More here. [Thanks Shane]

Check out what $1 million [R7 million] will buy you in real estate around the world. The palace in Joburg looks very flash compared to the garage you’ll get in London. [Forbes]

Who knew – the largest cash crop in the USA is marijuana? [CNNMoney]

Could the success of 70’s bubblegum pop supergroup; ABBA – be the result of something that we go on about around here all the time. Check out this video to see marketing genius at work for yourself.

2 Responses to “News: The global perception that Africa sucks gathers more speed”

Rick

02. May, 2009

For anyone that does not believe in the TRUTH please read up the human development level and GDP of all the regions of the world. How come Africa is the only region in the red and Europe and other nations are in the blue? Some regions are in the middel but Africa is just crap. Not saying that the people there are sub-intelligent are anything…. I’m sure there is something to blame, maybe this or that who knows.
Mugabe

15. Jul, 2009

I think it has to do with a promiscuous culture. Comparing Northeast Africa with the rest of the continent, it’s suspicious that the bulk of the top graduates come from strict, conservative cultures in countries like Ethiopia. This makes sense because a young mother is less likely to raise a disciplined child if the father is absent or merely a boy.
The majority of blacks mature sexually at a younger age, which can be a physical impediment to a planned family and a loss of concentration during important years during schooling that effects people in any social class, but those are issues that can be overcome with a healthy family in a healthy community. Really I think the US is not far off from being the same as Africa in terms of culture, which is why it is losing in global competition. The reserves of US capital will eventually be depleted and the US will look just like Africa.