I learned from the that Ivorian women have taken it upon themselves, to be both cosmetic surgeons and pharmacists, just so that they can do the . I am sure the Ivorien men are not complaining, but I wonder what African women think about the objectification of women. As women living in Nigeria, or Ivory Coast do you feel the increased pressure. Does increased globalisation work for or against the African woman?
One man on the streets of Abidjan agreed: "Us boys, we appreciate these things because when women use the treatment it attracts us, but for women it's not good."
What do you think? Until recently even when a lady had her mind set on taking HGH or other body enhancing medicines she simply did not possess the economic wherewith all to acquire these commodities. Thanks to a flattening world, prices and transaction costs have fallen so much that we can now do as the westerners do. Please tell me I am making this all up. In the past, I have warded off questions about my lack of enthusiasm about celebrities by simply saying, "I grew up in Africa, I have enough to fill the emptiness". However this report has chipped ever so slightly at that belief system. I just realized that the personality fort which I have built up for just being African will be eroded in the near future. Is the core African belief system a lost cause? Should we just dance to the tunes played by the global economy? Is it worth fighting for that old time sanity at all? Maybe we should throw our hands in the air and simply create our own J-Lo to fawn over? I'd leave you with a quote from the BBC article; do the bobaraba because I already have a big bum - Dancer. Also see:
The user participation section of the , Have Your Say, asked for the public opinion on the impact of poor deals with the private sector and foreign firms on the economy of African countries. I found the 156comments left by readers, quite interesting. Before now, this phenomenon was not viewed as a major problem, since 'help' was basically handed down to African countries. However as African economies have opened up and privatization and take overs have become more prevalent. Who gets what, and how they get what they get has become a major source concern. Many of the comments on the to the usual suspect, corruption. Below I have pasted clips of the that caught my attention. Kootee:
Let me propose a solution to these poor deals including all other issues affecting mother Africa today. The solution to all of Africa's burning issues is Good Governance. African including their leaders should decided to be honest.
Muta:
Quite simple. All deals done should be open to the publics scrutiny, meaning that contracts signed should be easily available and not the governments secret.
JohnMary even thinks it is illiteracy;
The African public can not be relied upon to make informed decisions on matters of such magnitude, given the illiteracy levels and the hugely pseudo education that has been received over decades.
Efuk traces it to God;
Oh our brothers in Africa all the time carry their accusation on the west for NOTHING. It is the weakness of African leaders, others are too egocentric, selfcentered that is why every time these foreign companies leave our continent with lumsome of money. What about the Arab world ? Today Salva Kiir is in Egypt to discuss such deals.I am not supprised, it seems God has punished Africa as indicated in some champters of the bible !
Briggs opines that all deals should be funneled through the Mo Ibrahim Foundation;
How about getting the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to scan all deals that are offered in Africa, and get the Foundation to scan the governments regarding deals as they already do with regard to transparancy
. Tunde believes it is because people do not feel like owners;
Thanks, in this part of Nigeria that i am leaving, people are really killing this country cos they believe that everything belong to govt.
Farkas thinks deals aren't the problem but leaders;
Good deals" have been cut in Africa for decades! The late Mobutu of Zaire apparently cut some excellent deals, because he was reputed to have over 70 billion dollars personally stashed, as part of his cut on the mineral extraction going on in his country. It is good leadership, not deals that are in short supply.
Gbatu blames the foreign companies, since the playing field isn't level; What happen is these foreign firms that sign contracts with African governments come to the negotiating table with dossiers on those they will be dealing with, So when they offer incentives to these "poor, penniless African ministers and honorables" it becomes hard to be rejected; BOOM there goes the signatures! There are many interesting responses on the BBC page. I believe transparency in the short term and good governance as a long term objective which can only be achieved through proper engagement of the populace will put a dent in the shroud of secrecy that surround this deals.
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