Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ACTION THAN RHETORIC

Brother Anunoby,

President Eisenhower had a day job but he ensured that Patrice Lumumba would be assassinated so there will not be another "Communist" in the heart of Africa, since he did not prevent Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba. President Kennedy had a day job but President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana was his first official guest.

At independence every sub-Saharan African country had a GDP larger than South Korea but none of our countries are comparable to the latter. Please inform me the sub-Saharan Africa country that has "advanced".

If Obama does not intervene to assist us with the aforementioned problems sub-Saharan Africa will continue to deteriorate.

WB

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Anunoby, Ogugua <AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu> wrote:

Let us say for one moment that Obama will do all WB wishes him to do, what will be left for Africans and their and Africans to do? Sometimes it is forgotten that Obama has a day job and it is not to babysit Africans, their leaders, and their countries. I do not know that societies advance when their members abdicate their responsibilities or outsource them. National development is a work-intensive choice that is not inevitable.

oa

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'....Obama.........to solve the issues of governance, corruption, the rule of law, fairness, equality, education, health care, and the provision of basic amenities such as food, clean drinking water, affordable electricity, shelter and appropriate sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa.'  Bangura

That is a really tall order. President Obama is having a rough time getting  his health care program on its feet in the US - to mention just one of numerous local  U.S.  problems he has to deal with.

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Mbaku [jmbaku@weber.edu]
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This was a memorial service for a fallen hero and it would have been in bad taste had President Obama or any other dignitary used the occasion in ways other than pay their respects to a dearly departed leader. Besides, no nation or region of the world has ever been developed by outsiders or external actors. Poverty eradication and human development in Africa is a job that only Africans and their leaders must tackle. While countries such as the United States can provide Africans with assistance in their effort to create the wealth that they need to confront poverty and deal effectively with their multifarious problems, Africans must own their problems and deal with them. Admonishments by President Obama or any other international leader, will not resolve Africa's governance and corruption problems, nor will such proclamations bring equality and justice to the continent. At this time when we are celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela, we ought to realize, if we have not already done so, that only grassroots efforts, such as those initiated and carried out by Mandela and the African National Congress, can deal with the problems that plague the continent. In the end, it was not foreign dignitaries who brought democracy to South Africa but South Africans with the able help of African countries such as Nigeria, Zambia and other frontline states.


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:38 AM, william bangura <william.bangura17@gmail.com<mailto:william.bangura17@gmail.com>> wrote:
I wish President Obama had used his speech at the memorial of Nelson Mandela to introduce his strategy to solve the issues of governance, corruption, the rule of law, fairness, equality, education, health care, and the provision of basic amenities such as food, clean drinking water, affordable electricity, shelter and appropriate sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa.
He has the moral authority in intervening in our problems because his father is Kenyan, and it will be a precedence that his successor Hillary Clinton will have no pretext but to pursue given the value of the African-American vote in US's elections.
This action will initiate the issue of "return" for Black people. "Intellectuals" will question the location and existence of the state of Israel, but Jews all over the world have a place they call HOME which is comparable socio-economically and politically to any developed nation. Consequently, Jews may not be liked but they are respected.

William Bangura

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