Africa is Not Poor Because of Colonization

Dr. Jordan B Peterson and Magatte Wade discuss how economic freedom dictates the success potential of countries, and how Africa’s fixation on colonialism being the cause of their modern day struggles, rather than bureaucratic red tape, is what’s locking the continent into abject poverty.

Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur for change, having focused her efforts first on raising awareness and capital with her lip balm company, Skin is Skin. She would then become a TED Global Africa Fellow, giving lectures with the aim of changing the course of Africa’s history, and giving the rich continent a brighter future based on the free market.

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[soonenteradi]

As a Nigerian our politicians are are destroying the country, the corruption and corrupt politicians in Nigeria is beyond belief, a country so blessed with natural resources and human capital and yet so poor.

[samuelkibret]

I am from Ethiopia. Ethiopia was never colonized. what make us poor is 20 years of communism then 30 years of tribal politics.

[RogueCasualGamer]

One of the major ways Singapore achieved success was through the elimination of corruption. Status or wealth didn't matter when it came to punishing the corrupt and that is what kills most african economies. Our leaders know they can abuse finances and get away with it without facing any consequences.

[chloeamito]

As a Ugandan here, I can tell you that most of the reason we backslide is because of corruption, from the president down to the village level officials. When money gets sent down for things like roads and health care, it barely reaches but we changed the curriculum 2 years ago which I'm happy about and put an emphasis on entrepreneurship, individual thinking and raising a better future generation! Hopefully this will help us develop faster

[kaw]

It's so refreshing to hear someone speaking up for their people in a way that doesn't paint their entire group as victims. We need more of this.

[planning_a_coup]

As an African I'm happy to have an African with this school of thought. We've been fed nonsense that has had us lost, lazy, corrupt and depressed.. Thank you for your voice

[robynfrauenstein]

Why isn’t this extremely bright, insightful woman being heard all over Africa? What she says is SO, SO obvious!

[zeck]

About 15 years ago I had a very long conversation with a Maasai man who was a professor of economics at a university in Nairobi. He shocked me with the admission, invoking the movie Braveheart, by saying “The problem with Africa is that it’s full of Africans”. He was making the point that African culture of corruption and government theft is one of the primary reasons for economic failures in Africa.

[michaelblurry]

I'm in Japan. I worked for a non-profit where we donated cancer treatment equipment worth millions to Africa. We later found out they were sold for profit throughout the country and abroad. All due to greedy politicians. It's been going on forever and probably won't change unless something severe happens. I was born Kisii Kenya and well aware of the issues in Africa. Once again JBP is on the money!

[zanemcc]

Lived in east Africa for 10 years. The corruption runs deep, and it’s ruining an entire continent, one country at a time.

[zwonaka]

As a Black South African, 🇿🇦🇿🇦

What JP and this lady are saying is exactly what I've been saying for years but I have been attacked by many blacks and guilty whites.

South Africa has been free from white oppression for 30 years and our idiot politicians still use Apartheid as an excuse for their incompetance and corruption.

If South Africa really focused on economic reform, I believe our GDP would have been $1t or more (currently $350b).

The current government has done very little interms of improvement, in fact most of the infrastructure we are using today was built by our colonizers and Apartheid government. The current government can't even maintain the infrastructure and institutions that were built by the Apartheid government.

Every rational and sane person knows that Apartheid was evil and atrocious but to blame a system that's been dead for almost 30 years now is just fvkng stupid.

Our next elections are in 2024 and for the first time since 1994 we think the current ruling party (ANC) will be removed by a coalition between the main opposition party (DA) and other smaller parties.

God bless South Africa, the land of my birth 🇿🇦🇿🇦🙌🏿

[michaelandrenio]

Every family has that one person who will break the family financial struggle, I hope you become the one

[Absaalookemensch]

My father was a mining and geological engineer who spent years in Africa.
He told me that the continent has an unimaginable wealth of resources.
He said the people were wonderful, but the governments were corrupt.

[soundseeker]

Love how this lady is solution focussed rather than victimhood / past wrongs done to us focussed. This is what real empowerment looks like, THIS is what creates real change! The world needs more like her, now more than ever.

[amxcxt]

I'm from Kenya 🇰🇪 and I completely agree with her, although to add on that, the hugest problem we have, especially in my country, is corruption through out the entire government infrastructure. This keeps widening the gap between the rich and the poor, and majority of us are living below the poverty line, sad to say! 😢

[gaius_enceladus]

When you blame others for your plight, you *give away your power* to change things!
"Oh, it's all their fault! Woe is me! Woe is me!"
When you take responsibility for yourself, you *give YOURSELF the power* to change things!

[Tikkarifle]

This lady is a breath of fresh air to me. I hope she gets through to millions of people and can show them the way forwards, retaining identity.

[kusisvlog]

Great submission 👏🏾
I’m a Ghanaian and I always tell my friends that Africa is not poor because of colonization but it is poor because of her bad leaders.

[rameking]

This was fantastic. No victimhood at all. This woman owned the mistakes the struggling countries in Africa are making and laid out actionable steps. I wish we got more of this in the general media.

[TripsandFeasts]

I’ve spent almost 1 year backpacking around parts of Africa, mostly North (which is Muslim Africa as opposed to ‘black’ Africa) and West Africa. I did my own thing & never went on any tours. There is no doubt in my mind that most of Africa is the way it is because, mostly, of its own culture. The heat doesn’t help, but even allowing for that, Africa should be way ahead of where it is now. There’s too much corruption, too many children, too much laying the blame elsewhere & too much laziness (obviously, not everyone).

Obviously, there’s more to it than that, but I just don’t have the time …