Zanu Project Rethink - No Black Country Will Ever Develop

Franck discusses this intriguing topic with special guests Theo Akuffo Parry and Benita Nwalozie. We encourage healthy and positive debate in the comments!
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[coyotejake]

"They cannot manage a public toilet."

It sounds like a joke, but it's a very sobering statement.

[Zdravdrat]

Ive seen lady from Nigeria commenting that every adult in nigeria has university education.
When i looked up info, 1/5th of country cannot read and write.
That alone is very easily solvable issue, but if people are not even willing to admit this issue exists, it simply cannot be fixed.

[wakinglife]

I have a dream where ZANU and Thomas Sowell have a conversation for five to fifty hours streamed for prosperity

[fodayconteh]

This man is deeply rooted. The panelists are too immature for this truth. It’s difficult for them to digest.

[dobybuddy]

Diversity is not a strength. This is very informative. Mr Zanu has a very unique way of looking at things.

[michaeloxlong]

This dude is going real deep. Even called out the "diversity is our strength" bs. No...unity is a strength. Unity through a common culture, common language, and common history. The lack of unity in these African nations (as well as Caribbean ones), and the deep seated blame for others instead of a look inside are what are holding them back.

[kwekuoppong]

Leadership in Africa is a reflection of the society . We need to do a huge introspection and have an honest conversation with ourselves. Set our own standards !

[LegendaryStoryTeller]

As a South African.. Man this guy is asking some really good questions.

[thefox]

The young brother was trying hard to understand, and you can see the lights coming on slowly. Brother Zanu is truly educating young black minds on the critical thinking that is sorely lacking in today’s black youth.

[Hugebull]

You can use my country of Norway as an example of a long lingering colony that became its own prosperous country.
In 1537 Norway formally became a de-facto colony of Denmark. But we had really been controlled from Denmark since 1380.

We were a resource colony of Denmark all the way until 1814. We existed to supply Denmark with lumber and some minerals. Our language was completely extinct, it doesn't exist anymore.

Denmark sided with Napoleon. Because of this, we were dragged into the war against the British during the Napoleonic Wars. And we suffered a terrible famine because of it.

Napoleon and Denmark lost the war.
After being ruled by Denmark for 500 years, we grabbed our chance and wrote our own Constitution modelled after the American. We invited a Prince from Denmark to be our King.
But Britain had other plans.

Britain simply handed us over to Sweden. We got to keep our Constitution. But our new King had to leave. And we formed a Union under Sweden. Under the Swedish King.
And this lasted for another 100 years.

First we were ruled by Denmark for 500 years.
Then we were ruled by Sweden for 100 years.

And then, finally, in 1905, Norway became a free country. After 600 years of foreign rule. After having lost our language. After having suffered imposed famines. Finally, we became a free and independent country.

We were neutral in World War One. But the British, because of their naval power, took control of our trade. We were to continue exporting lumber and charcoal to them, but food imports became scarce. Our economy broke.

Then in 1940 we were invaded by the Germans and occupied for 5 years.

And then, just 30 years after we were occupied. In 1969, the Norwegian oil adventure began. With oil production started in 1971.

And now, it is one of the best places in the world to be.

[Sander-zjwi]

I am from The Netherlands, in a rural area in the eastern part, which is mainly farmland. As a hobby I do genealogy and in older documents from the 1800's you see the world "poor" quite often. My grandparents where farmers, and my parents, in their youth, did not have electricity, and water still came from a well.
Why is Western society more successful? My theory is that it has to do with the living conditions, where preparation, in a timely manner, during spring/summer/fall, was essentially to prevent going hungry in winter time.
Doing this for millennia has imprinted this behavior in our brains and could very well be a genetic thing by now.
What I think is the determining factor that makes a society successful is what I call "postponed reward". So the ability to invest in a future where the benefits are reaped year(s) later. There are very smart people in Africa, but a large enough part of your society must share the same goal or all best intentions will fail.

[JonFrumTheFirst]

Africa de-colonized half a century ago. No one then dreamed that fifty years later, people would still be talking about developing Africa. That wasn't the promise of the new African leaders.

[abdoulbassit]

This conversation deserves more attention. I completely agree with Mr. Zanu’s brilliant approach and arguments.

[dfelix]

He reminds me of my best Professor in college. If you didn't have your crap together and well researched, he would bluntly jump on you. It didn't take long for me and others to learn, to have your 'ish together before you walk into his class. If I couldnt get my studies done for all my classes, I'd ALWAYS prioritize his class because he was no joke.
Great conversation. I'm a subscriber now.

[cindroinfo]

These electric cars are actually just re-branded Chinese cars... What they call the “Itaoua Native”, is actually identical to the "Nigerian" "Innoson IVM EX02", which is itself identical to the Chinese "Dongfeng Nammi Box". And what they call the "Itaoua Sahel", is identical to the "Nigerian" "Innoson IVM EX01", which is itself identical to the Chinese "Dongfeng Nano Box". In the IT world, we call this....White-labelling.

[Jerzy-George]

Holy crap. He just changed my entire perspective.

[barrydnv]

This should be mandatory viewing for people from the West Indies.

[amandamcintyre]

My friend was in the Peace Corps in a village in Togo. Her host family was given money to put in a latrine for her, so they did. They knew how and had money to do it previously, they just didn’t because it wasn’t important to them. She said that basically summed up her experience at all the villages she went to. They were comfortable enough and didn’t want “more”. When she tried to show them how to grow more crops or start education/health programs, most of the people weren’t interested. They would do it because she was there, but they saw no value in it so she believed that once she was gone everything she tried to implement and improve would go back to the way it was before she got there. It wasn’t that they didn’t or couldn’t learn, they simply saw no benefit to the knowledge. In fact, most felt it was burdensome because it created extra steps (for example measuring when planting to get better yields…fertilizing…etc.)

[esterindi]

Franck Zanu is operating in a different frequency. The kids are not there yet.

[tropicalharmattan]

Very interesting thoughts. I didn't agree at the end until you brought up our environmental factors. The same way we outperform in physical sports and others have to deal with that reality, that's the same way we'll also have to deal with their problem solving abilities.Thank you all.