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Liberia stands as a testament to he kind of help Africa doesn't need from her prodigal sons and daughters.
I have no problem with help, but I happen to think that the "helpee" should determine the need and mode of the assistance, not the "helper."
As descendants of enslaved Africans, we have been conditioned to value our European slave masters customs. Our socialization is repeatedly reinforced by the western media and colourism is just one of its schisms.
Africans in the diaspora have not even resolved the problems they have with each other, yet they presume they are in a position to dictate the discourse of their relationship with Mother Africa.
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