A speech by an African president has gone viral on social media following an unusually self-critical message about Africa’s development. The president argues that the continent must stop blaming white people and instead start creating, manufacturing, and developing its own technology—otherwise, Africa risks remaining dependent on the rest of the world.
When the presence of white people in Africa is discussed in the mainstream media, the focus is on oppression, exploitation, and how all problems can in one way or another be traced back to white rule. But there are African leaders who do not subscribe to the view that white people have destroyed Africa; rather, they want their people to learn from white people and build up their countries using their own abilities.
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