yap remember when i was in US someone asked me how did i get there from Kenya, as if i trekked all the way, like no plane ever lands anywhere in Africa jungle...
I'm sorry to hear that. I am black and live in America. I also travel the world and am not closed-minded like many Americans. What I can also say is that Black American are still in love and fascinated with Africa. Especially us whom were born in the early 1990's and back to older generations. I've heard stories that many Africans don't care much for black Americans. Which I can understand because we are so stupid at times due to the American culture we grew up in. I have also seen some Black Americans make fun of Africans, which is stupid. But in all retrospect us Black Americans love Africans and one of the biggest things to us is to visit Africa someday. I just wish us Americans would research more about Africa, as it is also very diverse. I am going to Zambia in June and can't wait to finally see the true Motherland. I love you Cleo, and God bless.
Its unbelievable how you have tons of fresh fruits and vegetables you can think of....but instead all the things you put in your cart where processed or junk food.
Interesting to see how almost all of these products are imported from South Africa. And South Africa is currently going down the same route as Zimbabwe. It's going to be devastating for the rest of Southern Africa
1000 dollars is a little under 17,000 kwacha and rent typically costs between 3000 kwacha and 5000 so you can pretty much live comfortably with half of that amount per month
Let the west remain blind about Zambia. We don't need their racists remarks in this part of the world. Zambia in particular. Those in the west have no idea.
i gotta ask this, long story i wont bore any of you with. it all looks so westernized. no different than any shopping mall or grocery store you'd find here in America, clean, modernized, well stocked. my question to anybody out there but especially the citizens of Zambia, ...With more than half the country earning less than two dollars a day and a high unemployment rate, how the hell do people afford to shop at any of these places? How do these places stay open? Please, i'm not trying to be a smart ass, i'm just really baffled by what i just watched.
Good questions! My take is that Zambia has quite a gap between rich and poor, since Lusaka is the capital city where many medium or high income people stay, there is a consuming demand to be met, but there are also many small vendors for low-income people.
@@sherryandwilliam6150 would you say then that most of Zambia's GDP (or more exacting, most of Zambia's income) goes to the upper class of Zambia or benefits multinational corporations, thus leaving the country?
@@richardwallace2026 I think Zambia's income is not enough to benefit all of the citizens yet, it's still highly relying on import (power, fuel, consuming goods..), that's why it's calling to develop its manufacture. Foreign investment is good for the country considering the government is lack of funding to develop and it doesn't generate sovereign debt. For example, mining contributes to the largest revenue (taxation) for the country. So it's difficult to simply say those income is leaving the country, corruption definitely contributes to the problem as well.
@@sherryandwilliam6150 i have to disagree with you in part, or let me say i agree with you in terms of Zambia's income is not enough to bring it up to the standards of the first world nations, and thus a call for more development. what i disagree with you about is the income that it has now is not fairly or properly distributed among all its citizens. Furthermore, i do not believe "development" as such will bring about a significant about of improvement in the lives of the average Zambian without a "mechanism" or policies to distribute its income and benefits on a more equitable basis. I'm not alone in this belief. Dr. Amarta Sen (hopefully i spelled his name right) won the nobel prize for his work in the book "Freedom as Development". I believe a good chunk of income produced by third world nations ends up in someone's Swiss bank account in the best case scenario, or to finance someone's war in the worst while the lives of the man on the street changes only marginally at best.
@Dominik Galicki maybe you go the wrong stores? when i was back home, i could make a budget with 20$ when i was broke. 😂😂 first things first, avoid supermarkets. it's cheaper when you go to local markets. 20$ was like K200 Id maybe buy chicken for K20, fish for another K20, rice for K30, a bottle of cooking oil for K10, miscellaneous vegetables for K30, beef for K30, sausages for K20, beans for K10, pasta for K10, fruit juice for K20
