👏👏👏 Magatte, this is the most moving article I’ve read in my time on Substack! It is also all so true! I wish it wasn’t, but it is! The discovery of this mass grave in Libya is absolutely horrifying but sadly, not at all surprising. These poor people just wanted to try and get to Europe and live a better life. Instead a bunch of them were slaughtered like animals and the rest were enslaved. African slavery still continues illegally all over the world, especially in the Middle East. Libya is one of the worst offenders. Arabs hate black Africans and regard them as subhuman and worthy only of servitude. These poor souls were forced to leave their homes and their country to find work and make ends meet. All because in Africa, overregulation, ridiculously high taxes, astronomical costs, excessive tariffs, and an over-complicated process to start a business and navigating a massive bureaucracy are the obstacles an African faces in starting their own company. This is why most never will and risk their lives or being murdered or enslaved by human smugglers to get to the West. These folks aren’t lazy, prone to criminality or welfare queens. They are hard working, determined and intelligent people who have big dreams and want a better life for themselves and their children. But they can’t accomplish that at home so they do what any desperate person would do and cross the ocean and risk death to get to somewhere where they can. The far-right populists in Europe who talk a big game about border security don’t get that stricter immigration laws and measures won’t keep these people from coming you have to address the root causes of why these folks are coming to Europe and leaving their homes. This is why Prospera Africa’s mission is so crucially important and must be supported by everyone! The Communist and Socialist regimes that ruled over African nations for decades left behind a huge mess. It is up to a new generation of Africans and their allies to clean that up! I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of seeing all the human suffering coming out of this global migrant crisis and all the turmoil it’s causing in Europe and the West. For both Europeans and Africans, this is a very bad situation. So I call on all people everywhere to give Prospera Africa your support and end this humanitarian crisis, relieve the pressure on Europe, the West and their people and unlock Africa and it’s people’s enormous untapped potential!
What happened in Libya as well as other parts of the world is terrible. And I hope real African authorities who truly care, hear your call and hopefully take heed!
A sensible and intelligent text as I've come to expect from you. I'm sorry about those deaths, I pray that God gives them rest and receives them with open arms. And I pray that a reality where this no longer happens can still be built on this Earth.
As a person who lived in a very violent city and that stopped considering leaving her country when she managed to move to a better town in her own nation, I absolutely agree with you that most people don't want to leave their home and their culture behind. And I do agree that addressing the root causes would be a much better strategy both in the short and in the long term. But what can other nations truly do? And what can we as individuals do?
You mentioned heavy import tariffs. Are those not established by the countries themselves? If not, then yes, I agree that the exporting countries could do something to facilitate trade and I'd be up for backing that, but when it's your own country's legislation that is out to get you, what can you do? We face this here in Brazil as well, in a much less discouraging level than some of the circumstances you mentioned in your text. "Electing better politicians" is a solution I've heard before and I would agree if transparency were the expected norm and not corruption. But aside from "voting better", what can be done? I'd love to know because I really wish I could contribute.
Thank you for your time, kind words and wanting to support, Barbara.
It is true that these are all issues that only our governments can change, therefore it might seem that there is no way for people to be part of the solutions from the outside.
But awareness is everything. Everything start with making making the proper diagnosis to a problem. Right no, the reality is that most people do not know about these issues.
My book, The Heart of the Cheetah, poses the problem clearly and shows 7 ways in which anyone and everyone who cares about a prosperous Africa can be part of the solution. Here is the link : www.magattewade.com/book
I can also send you a link to the free audiobook, if you could like.
I understand, a problem can't be solved until it is acknowledged.
It's so nice of you to offer the audiobook for free! It shows how much you want the message to be heard and action to be taken! I clicked on the spotify link on your website, but when my app opened, it said that this content is not available in my region yet unfortunately.
The ebook version is currently affordable for me on Amazon despite the currency rate (the Brazilian real is not doing so well), so I think I'll take the opportunity to buy it there!
You're welcome! I thank you for the wonderful work you're doing and for speaking to me.
Many blessings to you too! May your endeavours always prosper and may they help more people than you could ever imagine!
Excellent, accurate and passionate convincing argument depicting the harsh realities of migration. It's tragic that so many lives are lost needlessly. But Prospera Africa offers real hope - may this vision of freedom and prosperity see the light of day. Good luck Magatte with this wonderful initiative!
I agree with all you say Magatte and I've got your book on my Audible. I also once read a book by De Soto that opened my eyes to this and it's not just in Africa. But it's sad that our political administrations want your people to come here and do low paid dirty and horrid hours jobs that our education system spends all its time indoctrinating us to despise. The 'burger flipper' at MacDonalds is (unjustly) posed as the lowest and most moronic possible job for absolute losers. And reinforced by Comedians,for whom if all else fails it gets a laugh. I don't eat at McDs partly from,yes,snobbery but actually in UK they buy British meat from British farmers so their Burgers are probably a lot healthier than USA ones! One last thought. No one agrees with me. (Ever) But I now think the book Silent Spring was the first use of the Green Agenda for political purposes. I know that after WW2 and in the 1950s and due to the use of DDT ( found to be so effective in WW2) Africa was leaping forward. Agriculture was becoming viable,babies were not dying,incomes were getting liveable and it looked like a bright future for Africa. Then that book came out and THE USA immediately requested that the United Nations (is a clue in that "U" word?) ban DDT use WORLDWIDE. (Why not just in USA ?) Thus the African economy that was set to overtop the USA economy (we all know what happens !!) was pitched back into the ditch. I worked that out for myself but as I say,no one thinks I'm.right.But I've also learned from various you tubers that when us European countries granted all those African countries INDEPENDENCE we kind of set them up to Fail. And instead of a beaurocracy we made sure a system of NGOs was in place,ostensibly to "help" the people but really to observe,report back,influence policy and keep tabs on western interests. I don't know much about this but it sounds horribly likely to me.
Thank you. I feel we live in parallel worlds snd even white people in Africa may often operate in different reality. As example, in Gambia most British expats told me it is dead simple to open business snd file annual tax return ( much simpler than in Europe). I wonder why this is in such a contrast to your experience. But maybe I know a reason because I know an immigrant from Guinea who tried to open simple business (tailor shop) in Gambia and failed. He said Gambians were highly protective, not allowing him in their business networks and he was looked down upon. He said he was cheated numerous times even with basic operations like real estate rental, and also treated unfairly by authorities because of not being local.
I am talking about „parallel realities” because myself, being white did not notice at all this dark side of Gambia, until I spoke with immigrants.
Right now I am in contact from another peeson from Senegal who wants to open business. Maybe you can advice? Sent you a PM. Thank you for the article.
👏👏👏 Magatte, this is the most moving article I’ve read in my time on Substack! It is also all so true! I wish it wasn’t, but it is! The discovery of this mass grave in Libya is absolutely horrifying but sadly, not at all surprising. These poor people just wanted to try and get to Europe and live a better life. Instead a bunch of them were slaughtered like animals and the rest were enslaved. African slavery still continues illegally all over the world, especially in the Middle East. Libya is one of the worst offenders. Arabs hate black Africans and regard them as subhuman and worthy only of servitude. These poor souls were forced to leave their homes and their country to find work and make ends meet. All because in Africa, overregulation, ridiculously high taxes, astronomical costs, excessive tariffs, and an over-complicated process to start a business and navigating a massive bureaucracy are the obstacles an African faces in starting their own company. This is why most never will and risk their lives or being murdered or enslaved by human smugglers to get to the West. These folks aren’t lazy, prone to criminality or welfare queens. They are hard working, determined and intelligent people who have big dreams and want a better life for themselves and their children. But they can’t accomplish that at home so they do what any desperate person would do and cross the ocean and risk death to get to somewhere where they can. The far-right populists in Europe who talk a big game about border security don’t get that stricter immigration laws and measures won’t keep these people from coming you have to address the root causes of why these folks are coming to Europe and leaving their homes. This is why Prospera Africa’s mission is so crucially important and must be supported by everyone! The Communist and Socialist regimes that ruled over African nations for decades left behind a huge mess. It is up to a new generation of Africans and their allies to clean that up! I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of seeing all the human suffering coming out of this global migrant crisis and all the turmoil it’s causing in Europe and the West. For both Europeans and Africans, this is a very bad situation. So I call on all people everywhere to give Prospera Africa your support and end this humanitarian crisis, relieve the pressure on Europe, the West and their people and unlock Africa and it’s people’s enormous untapped potential!
Thank you so very much for your Humanity and this most encouraging message, dear Noah.
We will get there.
Prospera is going to work.
The whole world will be better off with a better off Africa
Hi Magatte.
What happened in Libya as well as other parts of the world is terrible. And I hope real African authorities who truly care, hear your call and hopefully take heed!
Thank you.
Much love!
Right back at you!
A sensible and intelligent text as I've come to expect from you. I'm sorry about those deaths, I pray that God gives them rest and receives them with open arms. And I pray that a reality where this no longer happens can still be built on this Earth.
As a person who lived in a very violent city and that stopped considering leaving her country when she managed to move to a better town in her own nation, I absolutely agree with you that most people don't want to leave their home and their culture behind. And I do agree that addressing the root causes would be a much better strategy both in the short and in the long term. But what can other nations truly do? And what can we as individuals do?
You mentioned heavy import tariffs. Are those not established by the countries themselves? If not, then yes, I agree that the exporting countries could do something to facilitate trade and I'd be up for backing that, but when it's your own country's legislation that is out to get you, what can you do? We face this here in Brazil as well, in a much less discouraging level than some of the circumstances you mentioned in your text. "Electing better politicians" is a solution I've heard before and I would agree if transparency were the expected norm and not corruption. But aside from "voting better", what can be done? I'd love to know because I really wish I could contribute.
Thank you for your time, kind words and wanting to support, Barbara.
It is true that these are all issues that only our governments can change, therefore it might seem that there is no way for people to be part of the solutions from the outside.
But awareness is everything. Everything start with making making the proper diagnosis to a problem. Right no, the reality is that most people do not know about these issues.
My book, The Heart of the Cheetah, poses the problem clearly and shows 7 ways in which anyone and everyone who cares about a prosperous Africa can be part of the solution. Here is the link : www.magattewade.com/book
I can also send you a link to the free audiobook, if you could like.
Thank you again for your love and care.
Blessings to you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!
I understand, a problem can't be solved until it is acknowledged.
It's so nice of you to offer the audiobook for free! It shows how much you want the message to be heard and action to be taken! I clicked on the spotify link on your website, but when my app opened, it said that this content is not available in my region yet unfortunately.
The ebook version is currently affordable for me on Amazon despite the currency rate (the Brazilian real is not doing so well), so I think I'll take the opportunity to buy it there!
You're welcome! I thank you for the wonderful work you're doing and for speaking to me.
Many blessings to you too! May your endeavours always prosper and may they help more people than you could ever imagine!
Excellent, accurate and passionate convincing argument depicting the harsh realities of migration. It's tragic that so many lives are lost needlessly. But Prospera Africa offers real hope - may this vision of freedom and prosperity see the light of day. Good luck Magatte with this wonderful initiative!
Thank you SO much. It is a hard journey but we will prevail. Onwards and Upwards.
I agree with all you say Magatte and I've got your book on my Audible. I also once read a book by De Soto that opened my eyes to this and it's not just in Africa. But it's sad that our political administrations want your people to come here and do low paid dirty and horrid hours jobs that our education system spends all its time indoctrinating us to despise. The 'burger flipper' at MacDonalds is (unjustly) posed as the lowest and most moronic possible job for absolute losers. And reinforced by Comedians,for whom if all else fails it gets a laugh. I don't eat at McDs partly from,yes,snobbery but actually in UK they buy British meat from British farmers so their Burgers are probably a lot healthier than USA ones! One last thought. No one agrees with me. (Ever) But I now think the book Silent Spring was the first use of the Green Agenda for political purposes. I know that after WW2 and in the 1950s and due to the use of DDT ( found to be so effective in WW2) Africa was leaping forward. Agriculture was becoming viable,babies were not dying,incomes were getting liveable and it looked like a bright future for Africa. Then that book came out and THE USA immediately requested that the United Nations (is a clue in that "U" word?) ban DDT use WORLDWIDE. (Why not just in USA ?) Thus the African economy that was set to overtop the USA economy (we all know what happens !!) was pitched back into the ditch. I worked that out for myself but as I say,no one thinks I'm.right.But I've also learned from various you tubers that when us European countries granted all those African countries INDEPENDENCE we kind of set them up to Fail. And instead of a beaurocracy we made sure a system of NGOs was in place,ostensibly to "help" the people but really to observe,report back,influence policy and keep tabs on western interests. I don't know much about this but it sounds horribly likely to me.
Thank you. I feel we live in parallel worlds snd even white people in Africa may often operate in different reality. As example, in Gambia most British expats told me it is dead simple to open business snd file annual tax return ( much simpler than in Europe). I wonder why this is in such a contrast to your experience. But maybe I know a reason because I know an immigrant from Guinea who tried to open simple business (tailor shop) in Gambia and failed. He said Gambians were highly protective, not allowing him in their business networks and he was looked down upon. He said he was cheated numerous times even with basic operations like real estate rental, and also treated unfairly by authorities because of not being local.
I am talking about „parallel realities” because myself, being white did not notice at all this dark side of Gambia, until I spoke with immigrants.
Right now I am in contact from another peeson from Senegal who wants to open business. Maybe you can advice? Sent you a PM. Thank you for the article.