I agree with Oshay because I have always said that Black Americans created a path for Africans and Caribbean people to come to the United States, but Africans have yet to create a pathway for us as Black Americans to go to Africa nor have Afro-Caribbeans created a pathway for is African-Americans to go to the Caribbean.
@@TheDtfamu89 I don't think so, after all, they are small islands, and they don't want outsiders coming in and taking their jobs and resources. Plus immigration would be a majority of the problem.
African Americans carved the path for all non european immigrants and continue to fight for their rights. Keep that same energy with the Asians, Mexicans, South Americans etc. My Uncle fought in Korea, another hunted Islamic terrorist in the Philippines. Asians show 0 love. Koreans are posted in the hood selling fried chicken like they invented it. As the above comments state your blue passport will take u almost every where. Flights 7 days a week. I was in Nigeria for only 3 weeks in 2019 and was offered citizenship. The Caribbean has residence permits that are easy to access. What exactly are u looking for?
Im from the Bronx. I been robbed 3 times in Kampala by the police. 2 times for smoking a cigar in public and 1 time for video recording police on my phone. I couldn't imagine sending money to build uganda with that type of blatant corruption
Why would you in the 1st place you said you from the Bronx???makes no sense to send your 💰 to Africa. We are Aboriginal American the greatest Race in the planet! We are not Freakin African that's why we don't give a damn about Africat We are focused on reclaim our own land here in America! They see our 💰 is what keeps the US economy going so they want to exploit our resources to!
At least they only took some change off of you, you know 8n the USA they take much more from you..its not perfect 8n Afrika but its home and we can help fix it
African Americans have the highest poverty rates in America.Because they are poor it is impossible for them to help develop Africa .You would have to be rich to build infrastructure like China to help develop Africa.Also America does not help African Americans get out of poverty.America helps other racial groups of people like poor migrant Hispanics get jobs, good housing ,or open up their own stores but America does not help African Americans like that.
@elihudcarter9943 lol 90% of people in america live check to check. BA are thr not the most homeless people in America. Dirty foot africans just say anything to be close to us
Just how do you expect those Black Americans who are poor to get all the way to Africa? I haven't seen very many broke ass Africans in America nor do broke people travel anywhere in the world . Find a real point to make.
Africa has all the money. They don't need anybody else.... you nailed it Oshay. I'm African and I totally agree with you on this one. I have always said the same thing.
I agree. I amAfrican. Continental. But lets be real Africans in general are not waiting on black americans or any other black from anywhere to build africa. Maybe from Africans living out
BUT THE IRONY IS THAT OTHER THAN VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICA. ALL THEY DO IS PAY THEMSELVES BIG SALARIES FOR DELIVERING VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
@@africaine4889and Africa should have been built further, its these sellout leaders who should be passing "ample liquidity" to their natives to build Africa further, a Singular Currency printed in Africa as the foundation
That's a stupid thing to put on the shoulders of a group of people. As an African I totally agree with oshay... The corruption and misuse of money is a thing that has to end first. Heck we are tired ourselves in South Africa for hearing about taxpayer money being flushed down the toilet over here...with not much to show.
African underwent neocolonial era with many leaders who were puppets and corrupt that run the continent down. Same thing with American black leadership that took over post Jim crow and civic right struggles, that took mayor ship of black cities and run them down. We having new leadership on the continent and US that is more accountable and ready to change things
While I agree that one should not blame african americans it is equally wrong to predicate support on the end of corruption. In essence the west has corruption as well. Massive amounts of it. But they can borrow at much better rates and aren't sabotaged by the west most of the time.
00:34 - Hosts introductions 02:33 - Dr. Umar Johnson's opinion 04:49 - Black America supporting Black businesses 06:29 - Diaspora investments in Africa 07:43 - Push for return to Africa 10:04 - Parity demand for African diaspora 13:08 - Misuse of diaspora investment concerns 15:05 - 'Year of Return' merits discussion 17:08 - Relevance to diaspora generations 19:24 - Diaspora remittance statistics to Nigeria 21:27 - Fears of diaspora dominance unrest 23:48 - African-Americans investing in Africa 26:10 - Questioning responsibility to do good 30:11 - Harnessing opportunities for local Africans 33:16 - Mindset shift towards progress advocacy 36:19 - Self-reflection call, guest introduction 38:00 - Show wrap-up, social media plugs
DESTROYING BOTH CORRUPTION AND TRIBALISM IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH YOUR LIST OF VALUE-ADDITION TO AFRICA SITS. THE CONCERNED ELITE OF BOTH SIDES MUST ADDRESS IT HEAD-ON.
INDIVIDUALLY YES. BUT FOR CRITICAL MASS AND ACTUAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, WITHOUT GOOD GOVERNMENTS THE BLACK CONTINENT & RACE IS NOT EVEN PLAYING CATCH-UP, WE ARE LOSING OUR RESOURCE ADVANTAGE.
What happened? All the African governments which used to provide full scholarships + allowances to African students to study abroad in the 60-70s, bankrupted their educational budgets and many of those students stopped returning home once the first round of coups destabilized their countries. So the countries never got the benefit of their skills which the state paid for them to acquire.
WELL, THAT WAS THEN. WHAT ARE THESE SOCALLED GOVERNMENTS DOING WITH THE PEOPLE WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS WORKING CLASS & PROFESSIONALS? RENDERING THEM UNDERPAID OR JOBLESS? DESTROYING MERITOCRACY? FORCING THEM TO SEEK GREENER PASTURES WHILE POWER BROKERS BUILD STUPENDOUS WEALTH OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS? AFRICA GOT DESPOTS! (I AM AFRICAN).
I would love to go back to Africa if it wasn’t for the constant corruption, tribalism, and lack of unity. I can experience that in America where I already have roots vs coming to Africa with nothing and less opportunity.
Well take yourself to Africa then. My family is Aboriginal American. We are Autochthonous indigenous to America. This is my HOMELAND! Feel free to take yourself to Africa & please stay!
I think it’s problematic that only AA’s are being targeted for “investment” in Africa with the assumption that the majority of AA’s do have the money to invest when in fact they do not.
It's not an assumption. A lot of y'all have been tooting your horns about your one trillion dollar spending power. IF you collectively boast about your spending power, and Africans believe you, you cant then turn around and complain when they think you have money to invest. And it's not only AAs being targeted. Black Brits and Blacks in mainland Europe are also being targeted
@tvs9978: WRONG! Africans think we have money, because of rich Black celebrities like LeBron James, Tyler Perry & Jay Z. It has nothing to do with Black Americans bragging about a mythical trillion plus dollar spending power.
Imagine telling the child that was thrown away and left for dead being told he has ro come save the woman that threw him away in first place what a Godless world we live in smh
No, no, no. The child that was thrown away is LONG gone. The woman who threw him away is LONG gone. We are talking about the descendants of that child and that woman. Reason being they understand that they are somehow related. Please put things in perspective. Your ancestors, their ancestors.
The question could be, "Do Africans actually want the help, especially in the way Black American expatriates see help being offered and implemented?" We don't understand African ways nor cultural priorities and the cultural nature doesn't seem to easily integrate those who aren't integral to its identity.
we are not freaking BLACK. When you look in the damn mirror do you see black colored skin! No so why TF are you calling yourself something your not...Who told you, u was Black? What country or continent is named Black?
I would say that Africans want their countries to progress and they can reach out to the diaspora to achieve that goal but here is the problem. African governments are so slow and corrupt to the point that their own countries are for sale and the leaders don’t care about their own people well-being. I mean in major cities you see slums/townships ghettos and people their feel angry despair depress etc yet the government can actually lift the people out of poverty. Look at how China was back in the 60s, 70, poor yet they did lots of economic reforms and they opened the country up to the world and now you see china merging to a superpower in 40 years. Corruption is a cancer that is killing Africa in the millions more than civil wars combined. The only African can end this misery is when governments adapt a strong tough zero policy on corruption and embrace more economic reforms and embrace free markets
O'Shea is absolutely right about Africa helping themselves. Leaders must support their people. Diasporans can help but Africans must do the initial heavy lifting.
A great woman Yvette carnell said years ago that if Africa were to give African Americans free visa and free land if we came back to africa, she said we would all be exterminated before the month is over. and she said that the only way she would come back under those conditions is if africa would allow us to have our own military because thats the only way we would survive...
This conversation was FIRE..a lots of truth was shared here..I just want to say that was somewhat touched on here..This is going to be a long term project between AA & Africans ..with a lots of unlearning & relearning for both groups. With a great commitment for both groups. Lets say at least a hundred years in the making..
YES, BUT ALL DESPOTIC & CORRUPT AFRICAN REGIMES MUST GO FIRST. ELSE THE TALKING AND AA CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFRICA WOULD BE FRUITLESS. NOBODY BUILDS A LASTING HOUSE ON SAND.
US National debt $32 TRILLION , Debt per resident $97,510, Debt per taxpayer $254,000 , Black homeownership 44% White 72% . Less than 24% black millennial(27-42) married . Of US adults 60% live paycheck to paycheck .
@@PapBob-jg7rd Thanks for the stats and that was my point regarding 60% of Americans living from paycheck to paycheck which does not leave much for investments In Africa. This notion, therefore, that exists abroad that AA’s all have disposable income to spend is erroneous.
@@PapBob-jg7rd The average African doesn't even have a paycheck in order to live paycheck to paycheck. For all the s#!+ being talked about life in America which I do not miss, MOST continentals would donate both testicles to get there and MOST wouldn't survive 30 days in the jungle when punctuality, integrity, honesty, transparency, and work ethic carry so much weight. Begging is not an option or lifestyle in America, you work or you die. Nobody is going to feel sorry for you or be sympathetic to your "struggle". Smiling in peoples facing and faking friendships, lying to get money will get you killed, it is not a turn the other cheek society.
This show was fire 🔥 ❤ You must save yourself and fill up your own cup before you can begin to pour into others. 👏🏽👏🏽 Master Gabs! Your guests are always so lovely to watch and learn from. ❤
Oshay, why those you mentioned could get away with such corruption was because the money stolen are kept in foreign country economy. Such countries government encourage those leaders so as to get access to the country resources.
There is a reason why African Americans aren't jumping on Sean Combs' bandwagon to support Black businesses. While he has created a lot of great music, as far as the music industry goes he maintained the status quo. The status quo of bad recording contracts. Being an artist is a business, and Combs worked with a lot of Black artists. How many of them did Combs empower and mentor to help their music business thrive? As far as the Black community can see, Combs has never been seen to help anyone but himself and his own family. This may not be the case at all, but it is the perception. So Sean Combs does not come across as that guy who will go to bat for Black businesses. And what is he proposing to do? Make a Black business directory app? Many would say that Comb is not responsible for his artists, but at any time Sean Combs can step up and show that he's sincere about helping Black businesses by first helping those artists who helped him make millions of dollars. He should consider giving those artists a cut of the song publishing and masters that they helped create, or create a fund to support them in their business venture.
It's said Beyonce and Jäy-Z own a company and hired all whyte people. It's said Koby Bryant built his building in a whyte neighborhood. Sean Combs loves whyte women make him money to provide for whyte women and make money to down blk women. Seems like blk businessmen marry whyte women.
🚨🚨🚨🚨We are the Copper Colored Aboriginal American Race🚨🚨🚨 We are not African Americans that is a misnomer it's bs. Your to old to not have did your research and know this by now!
I enjoy watching the shows. Kudos. American here looking to set things up for my son in Uganda/Kenya BUT there is absolutely no way to independently buy and own freehold land. I see the prices. I want to buy hectares for his future benefit. Africa is NOT SERIOUS and doesn’t WANT us to return and invest if they have no unencumbered pathway to: 1. Full citizenship on arrival (perhaps with investment minimum) 2. Freehold landownership 3. Visa-free travel and appropriate rights and privileges between and within any country wherein we meet investment minimum requirements. Please address the above issues in a future show and continue to beat the drum for same. [Background: I “own” land in Asia via usufruct that will expire in ~20 years. Usufruct and leaseholds do not cut it. I have spent time in East and West Africa (early 2000s). Eyes open.]
Excellent topic! I don't think Umar has the slightest idea how much research and access to information exists for US investors. So whether it's land, stocks, or business we need real verifiable information. It must be accessible online. The Govt must be stable. Stories about homes,land, etc being challenged after the sale means someone has lost huge money. Oshay you hit the nail on the head with Xenophobia. That's exactly what would happen!!
African Americans can invest in Africa by visiting and spending money. However, to ask them to build Africa isn’t necessarily fair. However, we do need to acknowledge that colonialism replaced further slavery. If we don’t work together African Americans are left vulnerable. African Diaspora do need to go back and invest in their home country.
HELL NAH! We are Aboriginal American the greatest Race in the planet! We are not Freakin African that's why we don't give a damn about Africa. We are focused on taking back our own land here in America!
African Americans CAN NOT be blamed for refusing to build Africa. The first question anyone should ask is..what are the business policies put in place to accommodate, protect investment, investors, and make a business strive? Until the right policies and environment are put in place, there will be no major changes in the ways businesses are done or attracted to individual countries in Africa. Yes, Ghana, Kenya, and a few others have done well by coming up with a nice initiative opening their doors to the diaspora but personally, I think they have not gone about it the right way. The initiative has not attracted the right person's and business community these African leaders thought their program will attracted. They African leaders have to start creating the right atmosphere and policies before they will attracted the right business community to come to Africa to invest the kind of huge amount of money to make an impact on any African economy.
That is exactly why... Because many are fighting just to survive. I employ Africans and I pay them well, not like another African, Arab, or Asian would. But they have to bring me competence and critical thinking, a lot of that is lacking on the continent. Black Americans don't see Africans as a cheap labor force to exploit. They are viewed as our brothers and sisters, sadly they don't see us the same way.
🚨🚨🚨We are the Aboriginal American Race by BloodLine!🚨🚨🚨 Don't look to us to do shyt because we don't give a damn about Africa right now. We are not African! Our focus is to reclaim our homeland continents of America.
The trust and good will amongst us has to begin somewhere! Yes there are scammers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean...those on the continent and those in the Diaspora...this is sad, yet true! But again building the trust has to start somewhere! @ Joanita
Great show wonderful people. I spoke this some time back about Africa making laws their Parliament or any system they have, to drastically punish those in leadership or business that intentionally steal from their people they are supposed to be caring for and dealing with honestly. There needs to be severe punishment.!!!
Progressive African countries need to setup something to make it mutually beneficial for thr best and brightest African Americans to come and help give their input on building African countries. First should be infrastructure to move industry across the continent.
@chocolatethai7747 South Africa did that in the early 90s. Mandela went around the world calling South Africans in exile back home and skilled interested professionals to help with the skills transfer, and bridge the gap. Many Nigerians and Ghanaians came, a few Black Americans and of course multinational companies. Any country can do this.
TF outta here!🚨🚨🚨We are Aboriginal American the greatest Race in the planet! We are not Freakin African that's why we don't give a damn about Africa. We are focused on reclaim our own land here in America! 🚨🚨🚨
Do you say the same thing while in the states/Western world when you go and work for that WS everyday building up their businesses and corporations after they have enslaved your ancestors? This is a very small way to look at the bigger picture. At least these African countries are doing their part to attract and bring in more AAs to the continent, what have the Europeans done? They don't even want to pay you your fair share of what they've made off your ancestors backs from the past 400+ years.
No one is begging you to "come back". Also, if you do your research, you'll discover those who were sold into slavery were themselves from tribes who sold slaves. You were merely prisoners of war on the losing side between slave trading factions.
Investment in Africa can not come in the form of money, it must come through people. Africans in the diaspora need to bring themselves, as friends, teachers, students, restaurant owners, etc develop familiarity, and partnerships
10:59 the host needs to be professional. Anytime Oshay speaks facts, especially in the defense of AA she looks annoyed. This is not the first or only time I noticed this.
Honestly, I wish that African Americans would just work together and build generational wealth here in the US. Everyone else seems to be doing so. We don't support each other. We'd rather make everyone else rich. That's what we've been doing for the past 500 years. Oshay is right. I also will not be visiting any slave castles. No, thank you. My home is not in Africa. No offense to Africans, but my people have suffered enough.
I think most of us have to let go of the romanticism of leaving and going somewhere and start at home. Spend every dollar you can in your community. Search for trade partners in Africa or the diaspora. Work for the generations to come and plan for succession
Thank you, Thank you. I've been circling back to this point in almost every pod cast. I "stay" in Uganda, I cannot say that I live here. Without some level of parity as in citizenship or right to abode. Im not investing in $#!+ that I cant pick up and take with me or allow it to wither on the vine after I leave.
Move on, others are investing, those that understand investment in emerging market, if you keep waiting for parity and 100% guarantees, investment include risk
@@Silverbackugx There are still some forms corruption after 247 years of independence and as black person America will not give you parity. Africa has its demons but it is make progress at very faster rate. Look the progress of Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Botswana, Namibia and Ethiopia. The impression I get is our brothers in diaspora are waiting until everything is indor, they should be part of the solution to get things in order
@@andeyo1 you cant be part of any solution with zero benefit to yourself. Citizenship requirements are stone age ridiculous, and nobody is jumping through any outlandish hoops when they can't own or just enjoy what they have built in peace legally. These African governments have nothing to lose and it's all gain for them by allowing Black Americans to come and live. Most will come with pensions and 401Ks. If only they would have taken that same posture with Europe. The extraction and export of raw material is obviously a one sided deal. Black Americans are not playing that game. They will not treat us the way Europe treats them.
UMAR is talking about the black dollar was spent on Asian hair shops,Jewish shops,Arab shops,Indian shops,and white shops. Blacks don't be many things from Africa or black shops in the USA.
Identifying the problems is step one of the process. Step two is consensus that it’s in the interest of both parties to pursue this mission and commitment to do the work for mutual benefit. Where there is a will there is a way. Step 3 is putting heads together to find solutions and execute .
@Kenganda THE GREAT PART IS US BLACK AMERICANS AREN'T EVEN AFRICANS. THAT LAND WAS CALLED THE LAND OF HAM THEN NAMED AFTER A WHITE MAN LEO SCIPPIO AFRICANUS WHERE YOU GET AFRICA. US BLACK AMERICANS ARE JEWS FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA ARE JEWS TO. AFRICA IS AND WAS NEVER OUR MOTHERLAND IT IS ISRAEL THAT IS OUR MOTHERLAND
TF is you talking about. Step 1 is realizing we ain't no damn descendants of African Slaves. We are American the first people of the world from the 1st continent our our the waters. It ain't about Africa, it's about America and taking our continents back
I love this show and I love the hosts! Keep up the great work! Love you guys! I have traveled back and forth to Sierra Leone and Ghana and I always have a great time when traveling to the continent! My husband is Sierra Leonean and has with roots in Mali. I've done my genealogy and my roots are Aniyunwiya and Blackfoot (Indigenous American). I love to see the Diaspora uniting and I absolutely love the beautiful continent of Africa!
Thank you! Finally someone in the comments that knows their true Aboriginal American AKA Indian Identity. OSIYO sista my family is Cherokee & Muskogean 💯. It is so frustrating to see that these colonizers have indoctrinated us so bad that most of our people believe they decendants of African slaves & will argue with u when you show them proof we're not! It's really sad that our people will just let some other people that's not even from America what & who we are
It would take a million of us from America to connect with a million brothers and sisters in Africa to even start to build a viable working environment model
thank you a lot brother for mentioning Sani Abacha and Ibrahim Babaginda for billions of dollars they looted from the Nigeria treasury with no repercussions till today ! Imagine the huge development and the dividends that comes with it if that money had been invested in the nation instead. and its not just those two its pretty much all of the leaders we have had in Nigeria such a bad luck! Nigeria is a country where the good people because of their inactions have allowed bad people to blossom.
Kenyan here. I love you guys for your great debates. I do not like the words "support Africa, help build Africa", etc. As the AA guy says, Africa has the wealth. We all know, stealing by the political class and some African elite in cahoot with criminal cartels and foreign corporations are the problems. This makes Africa difficult to invest in due above including corruption. This distorts the free market making it difficult for AAs to invest as a block. In the short term, they may, however, invest like any diaspora for profit, which in turn supports economic development. In the long term, Africa is charting its development path through creative destruction as evidenced in the new wave of kicking France out of Africa. Go go Africa and chart your own path.
I strongly suggest you get on the ground and see and see what human resources that you have to work with first. An electrician here can tell you he's an electrician and even touched a muli meter.
Actually, the strength contributions andaccomplishments of African Americans have for too long been underappreciated by Africa and the black and brown world. We went from slavery to the president fought for rights so any color or sexual orientation can come to the USA and get educated amd make money. Far to often the money and opportunity Africans speak of that African Americans have . The struggle that came with it is not acknowledged or appreciated!! Our Ancestors the Original African Americans, indured and educated the next generation to get where we are today! Nothing was given to us we have to fight still to this day. And all an African has to do is find a way over to the states . To benefit from our ancestors blood that was sold and shipped by their ancestors. And african Americans are so forgiving that we dont hold a grudge against Africans... all we ask is that you show us the same love back. We want to help African because it is our ancestors home also but we also demand respect ✊🏿
I also want to mention: African countries’ land office records are a hot mess. Sort that nonsense out and make scam and graft-free citizenship and freehold landownership possible. Build that and we will come for our 40 acres.
I’ve watched videos about African Americans being scammed out of land . AA can’t buy land only lease it and the owner can decide to take it back at anytime because it’s their land . There is a video of a building being destroyed because the owner sold the land for a Chinese hotel and he had 53 years left on his lease. He couldn’t do anything but take a loss because he didn’t own the land .
@boomboombaby, in Dubai or any country in the Arabian, foreigner are not allowed to own properties or business without an indigene involved in case you default or break the law, they kick you out and the indigene takes over. This is a way to protect their citizens
Well that's their fault for not doing their research. Who they hell would want to "lease" land? That in itself is a scam and a pointless waste of money. If all these "passport bros" were actually coming to getting married, instead of tricking around, they could get citizenship and actually buy the land outright like a normal citizen.
@@lupavo1738 Newsflash, Passport Bros. are not coming to Africa at this time when they are treated like royalty in other countries! And as far as "tricking" look at their channels and see their lifestyles for yourself. It is not 90 Day Fiance! Do research before talking shit!
@@lupavo1738 Even if you are married to any of their women, they owns the properties or business. That is the law that give control to their citizens. There was a time where the Nigerian government made such law so as to protect the Nigerian people to be part of any business in Nigeria but when another government took over, they were bribed to jettison such law. If African government are to apply this rules, there will be no fear that our land will be taken and the peopl will be part of the senior management of any foreign business. This would pay Africans. If we can access our resources and use it right, we don't need anybody to come and invest in Africa. Those who come to invest will want to take money out of the country and not pump back into the country economy where they invested.
I agree that AA have no obligation to build Africa. It's too much to ask them to basically fund Africa. There is a risk to investment everywhere but Africas is higher. A more logical approach is for willing AA to take advantage in making their own investments in the continent. Lamenting about Africa and people from other races are making money in Africa is a loss to AA.
WOW!!!! What an important conversation and Oshay is right on the money. We need to have a realistic conversation, and not an idealistic conversation. The first thing that MUST happen, is CITIZENSHIP for the diaspora. When that happens, I will know that Africa is serious about its diaspora children.
I don't see African Americans investing in their own communities. What makes you think they can invest in Africa? Of course, most African Americans don't have the money to invest, but those athletes and musicians are absent from their community, aren't they? Right now, my observation is that there's a leadership vacuum in the African American community. Black people are not planners, they are firefighters. They only come together when they perceive a common threat. Then, they go back to fighting each other. With the latest events happening in Niger, I just hope the continent does not become the theater of proxy wars that will benefit only the West and the Russians.
Africa isn’t even investing in Africa 😂😂 .. the Chinese, The U.S., France etc is doing the investing. Learn the history of African Americans here in America. Despite the odds against Us we’ve done extremely well for a group alienated from their “motherland”.
@@menacemini4894 I know about you. I have lived in NYC all my life. We don't have the culture of investing in ourselves. Period! How many AA fast food chains do you know of? How many hotel chains? When you go bang a chick at a hotel, don't you see who they are? Indians. Such franchises cost about 3 to 4 million dollars. It's not that we cannot do it. We don't have the culture of bringing our resources together to do such things. This is true of blacks throughout the world, by the way.
Look up the list of black towns destroyed here in America. We are a people without a country. We would love to go to Africa but will Africa destroy us too if we strive there.
This program is very informative but a few things need to be addressed… Oshay, please remember that those old African leaders who stole millions of dollars from their people had foreign European banks enabling them. Those old politicians didn’t save their loot in local banks but overseas in Swiss and other western banks. These European foreign bank could’ve reported the theft to their governments but they didn’t. Politicians stealing still goes on but much fewer and the amounts are smaller. Africa’s development was stifled since independence because they relied on exporting raw materials as the Europeans intentionally didn’t build any manufacturing industries so that African countries would be self-reliant. After independence African countries found out industries that use local raw materials were very expensive to build…by design. It’s not entirely fair to compare Asian countries to African countries after independence. But the point could be made that African countries were complacent and could’ve still tried to build these manufacturing industries. But it’s not too late. Lastly, African countries are developing, with or without African Americans’ help. African countries are among the world fastest growing economies in the world. It’s more incumbent on AAs and other diasporans to come back to the continent and help to achieve the global power that Africa so desperately needs.
Black Americans can't save Africa....when they start making laws easier for us to come back home then we should invest🤷🏾♂️ I invested in tanzania but they have not made my transition easy so🤷🏾♂️
I love Oshay. Period. Dr Umarr just be talking to be able to feel himself sometimes. I love the facts Oshay detailed on the challenges that exist…corruption and as he stated the lack of parity.
I am Jamaican with US and Canadian citizenship with DNA% of 97.5% African and cannot get even residency! Why should we build any country in Africa when we cannot return! Who came for us?? When we were ripped from our homeland?
Africa will be built without the diasporians anyway, and that is what has been happening before those outside Africa start to open their eyes to see that African economy's can grow too.
We are Aboriginal American the greatest Race in the planet! We are not Freakin African that's why we don't give a damn about Africa. We are focused on reclaim our own land here in America!
This actually a topic i wanted to speak to oshay about. But my thing is its better to do something than nothing. You can't be afraid of the reaction you might get. But also you have to have some proof that you are financially responsible and savy. Just don't give people money cause they talk big. Grandiose ideas from people that never proved they have experience in anything. Unless they putting up their own money.
African Americans already helped Africa with the money they made of trading us for goods .We helped America with free work. We always helped everyone but nobody wants us. Africa sent us away and America wants us to go back. A lose lose situation.
Africa has the Chinese and the Indians helping them build and I say from the looks of it they don't need us. Black Americans I feel we have to build our own. They say if we functioned like a nation we would be the 8th richest group of people. Truth is we have the money, we just have to stop giving it away and keep our wealth and invest back into our people. We would have to really unify as a people and come together as one literally. If Africans want blacks from diaspora to help them, then I think it is fair to say that they should give us what we all been wanting and that is homeland with reparations. Why should we take risk and build up another nation and gain nothing. It makes no sense for black disporians to help build a nation that will never belong to them. Why should we build up a nation that will go to their children and not our own.Their children would benefit and not ours. This is why we should just focus on us.
The Slavery story is bullshit shit people they lied to us. It was told to us in reverse. European Slavs were the slaves that's were the damn word comes from. Y'all need to do some research.
I was indoctrinated at school as well. But I did my own research and snapped out of it. Stop let these Europeans & foreigners that's running the US CORP GOVT to tell your who you are & where you come From.
Mr ODJ was On Fire. The Berlin Conference in 1884 was Used to Divide Africa. The (Educated, Skilled & Qualified) African Leaders & Statesmen with Morals, that can be Trusted, should have an African Conference to Unite Africa. A United States of Africa, One Currency, a Language for All, Stream Line travel & trade between Countries. Africa have, engineers mechanics technicians designers architects, scientists chemists Doctors accountants teachers lawyers All Over the World. Africa will have the Youngest Population in the World & maybe the Only Surviving inhabitants in 500 Years, When the Polar ice caps melt.
Africa should use the amazing example of how Rwanda has evolved during Kagame…instilling a new way of thinking in the people from stopping to throw garbage on the streets to actually caring for their country.
