THE CAPITALIST NIGER
grave. Through buffoonery, utter mismanagement and downright stealing of the wealth of the masses,
these leaders have so impoverished Africa that we are now nothing but a beggar continent. We beg for
everything; we are more dependent on our colonial masters than when we received our independence
from them. Africa owes the West more money than we and our generations to come can pay.
I arrived in America in December of 1967as an official of what we believed was going to be a dynamic
African nation – the young Republic of Biafra. But Biafra was defeated and Nigeria remained one, as a
giant of Africa. In the last 32 years, I have watched with horror and outright helplessness as the
downward slide of the African race continues to escalate. But rather than address the problems, we
resort to blaming the Caucasians, Asians and others for our misfortune. We are not men enough to
accept responsibility for our actions
annaabi.ee 
