Image of bondage…Buzz South Africa
Trying to please the “massa”
From personal accounts, I’ve heard people recall being denied certain services or goods yet when an Asian or white person requests the same, they are given optimal service with a smile on top. It is a shame that anything ‘white’ is automatically seen as right and superior.
Instead of trying to please and cater to outsiders, it’s imperative to foster positive relationships between the various African countries.
As Kagame expressed during his attendance at the African Leadership Forum earlier this month, “In Africa, we have everything we need, in real terms. Whatever is lacking, we have the means to acquire. And yet, we remain mentally married to the idea that nothing can get moving without external finance.”
Kagame put his money where his mouth is by signing the African Continental Free Trade Area. A pact that aims to boost regional integration that will foster development.
He concluded, “The entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area is set to significantly increase trade within Africa, and consequently improve tax collection, we gain immeasurably by trading with each other, and lose so much when we don’t.”
