AFRICA - 10 million dollar body, 10 cent brain???

Could Africa be said to have a million dollar body and a ten cent brain??

The analogy was presented by Chris Bishop, Managing Editor of Forbes Africa, as he wished Africa the best in 2013.

Is it possible that we have a million dollar body and a ten cent brain? Has the world written us off as a source of natural resources but with no world changing intellectual wealth to offer?

Victoria Falls

The majesty of the Zimbabwean Victoria Falls, the gold laced underground of South Africa, the oil fields of Nigeria and Sudan, the diamond infested  Sierra Leone, the rich cocoa fields of West Africa, the thick Katanga copper belt, the beauty of the Nile River, I could go on and on…

Sudanese soldier guarding precious oil

Then you flip the coin and there you will find abject poverty in Somalia, bombing in Kenya, humanitarian violations in Zimbabwe, grave corruption in Nigeria, an exaggeratedly dichotomous society in South Africa, a bleeding political system dependent on cohesion by violence and fear, a continent rich in culture which is slowly yet surely losing its identity to those of its previous colonial masters.

Could Africa have a million dollar body and a ten cent brain??

I am a proud but worried African woman

To be continued…