https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igZ_ljO9oWo&lc=UgyU96RlNl7qQdimvVN4AaABAg

One huge problem we have as African people is how we treat one another in a crappy fashion, as opposed to the high regard that we give non-Africans like Europeans, Asians, Arabs, etc in our countries.

At Muritala Mohammed airport which is the first point of contact in Nigeria to majority of first time visitors, you will notice how the customs and immigration officials act rude to African travellers while they glorify Europeans, Asians and every light complexioned traveller.

The reasons we behave this way are numerous but I have come up with just 5 reasons:

1) the Legacy of colonization on our people's psychology is profound. Our people still have not been able to shake off the low self esteem that is deeply rooted in us from the times of colonization and slavery and neo-colonization these days. Our people exchanged our religions, traditions, languages and way of life for European and Arab style so we have been mentally dominated by these foreign entities. We need to snap back to reality ASAP.

2) The fact that we want what the foreigners already have in basic amenities, reliable infrastructure and decent living conditions, it makes us continue to look up to them in our achievements and we always use their standards to judge ourselves. What we need to do to correct this is start holding our leaders accountable so that they would be fold and start meeting our demands.

3) Our leaders look up to the foreigners as well: The fact that our leaders who represent us at the global stage already have severe low self esteem in how they interact with Europeans, Americans, Chinese and Saudi people, it makes it difficult for us people to have any self belief. Our leaders literally live in a lot of these foreign countries too. When they steal money, it becomes a competition as to who has the best house in Dubai, Maryland or London. Our leaders influence us a lot and since they already have inferiority complex when dealing with foreigners, it has been passed down to us the regular citizens too.

4) The media constantly shows the continent of Africa in a negative light and even though a lot of these stories they talk about are real, the stories do not entirely represent us. The constant propaganda though has successfully brainwashed us Africans as well as many other people from other groups to feel pitiful and to view us from a sorry point of view. This has created severe low self esteem among our people. Also the media only shows "quality" products as non-African products like Gucci, Versace, Ferrari, etc (which are all european) while the media would hardly showcase locally produced African goods as top notch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igZ_ljO9oWo&lc=UgyU96RlNl7qQdimvVN4AaABAg

Africa is a great continent.
If the leaders are willing to use the resources available, in developing Africa, it will out shine other continents.