THE CAPITALIST NIGER
slavery to the Pharaoh of Egypt and eventually became the saviour of the Jews in Egypt. Obviously, they
felt that the salvation of Africa could possibly come from its sons and daughters in America. My reply
was how, could you jump into a big ocean to rescue a drowning man, when you don’t even know how to
swim yourself . I am mindful of the great sacrifices that African-Americans have made towards helping
their brothers and sisters in Africa, but let’s face it, African-Amerians don’t have factories that
manufacture guns, that manufacture ammunitions, that manufacture food/water containers for Africa’s
militarily. They don’t have factories that manufacture telephone equipments or telephone receivers;
they don’t have factories that manufacture the cables used in laying the telephone lines or the fibre-
optic technologically-advanced cables now being utilized. They don’t have factories that build jet-
fighters or bombers.