THE CAPITALIST NIGER
commitment to the study of knowledge for the benefits of the people, rather than a study on how we
can make money the fastest way without putting out much effort. In the early days when Africans came
to the United States for studies, there used to be quite a few of them enrolled in engineering and
science-related studies. Now, that is passé. Now, go to any university; Africans are enrolled in business
administration, sociology, accounting, finance, prelaw, pre-medicine: you hardly get people in
engineering and physics. It is no wonder that when we come out with some of these worthless degrees,
we are herded into jobs with the Human Resources Administration – people with the masters’ degrees,
who after the last day of getting their degrees is the day they stop reading anything on paper.
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