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THE CAPITALIST NIGER 
Chika Onyeani 
………………………Every African must internalise this book -  period ….DAA 
INTRODUCTION  
In October 1960, Nigeria received its independence from  Britain . By then, Ghana  the  former   Gold  Coast 
had been independent for three  years  under the great Osagyefo Kwame Nkumah. It was a time for 
celebrating  Africa ’s coming of age, as more and more African countries received their independence 
either from Britain or France. It was especially a poignant time for Africa, as then  British Prime Minister 
Harold McMillan articulated his now  famous  “winds of change ” sweeping Africa. We had high hopes for 
Africa, for the  Black   race , that the insidious imposition of foreign rule on us, the looting of Africa’s 
natural resources by our colonial masters accorded us would be things of history.  
That is more  than  forty years ago. Unfortunately, the promise of independence has not been fulfilled. 
Today , Africa has become more desolate;  there  is more starvation, diseases and non-provision of 
essential services than when we got our independence. There are all kinds of wars in Africa than the  rest  
of world put together.  
The majority of so-called Africans leaders want to stay in  power   until the day their bodies are put in the 
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 . Africans blame either the British, French  or little  
Portuguese/Spanish for their problems. Africans in America blame the Caucasians for all their problems, 
or any  other  ethic group they have  allowed to take over their neighbours, a frequently recurring 
phenomena. Africans blame the International Monetary Fund, the World  Bank , the Group of 7, the 
former colonial masters for the abject poverty in our respective countries. We blame the wars ravaging 
several African sectors on the interference of our former colonial masters on “our internal affairs.” Ha! – 
some kind of independence!  
 
In the 32 years I have been in America, I have  never had a discussion with any of my  brothers  or sisters  
without  it resorting to the African (Black)/Caucasian (white)  relationship . When we decide to buy a 
house in a Caucasian neighbourhood, we blame the people for refusing to sell to us because of their 

 
belief that we spend more time and money on visible luxurious and ultimately worthless items, than in 
maintaining our property, which to everyone but us is a  major   part  of their investment and retirement 
and retirement portfolio.  
The blame game has become a permanent part of our lives to the exclusion of any other solution  that 
could  be more viable in solving our problems. It has become the most productive part of our lives, 
because without it the African  cannot   really  point to much that they are in charge of producing. It is 
better to blame others than to confront the truth of our being responsible for whatever has happened  
to us as an African race.  
I decided to write ‘Capitalist  Nigger ’ to  open a debate on the state of the African race. But in doing so, 
my intention was not to treat my own contribution to the debate with kid gloves. It is to  tell  it like it is, 
the truth and nothing but the truth. My observations are bound to infuriate a lot of my people. Even  the 
title of the title of the book is bound to make a lot of people angry. Many people will be angry, to say it 
mildly, when I question the intelligence of my people compared to the Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, 
Malaysians, Filipinos) and others who attained independence at the same  time as most African 
countries. If the book generates the kind of dialogue, debate or argument for or against the position  I 
have taken, so be it. But it would even be more relevant if in the  process , solutions are offered to help 
extricate Africans from being a  consumer  to a productive race.  
I decided to write ‘Capitalist Nigger’ also as a doctrine of  making  money and creating wealth. I am not 
ashamed to say that I am also purely motivated by the same greed that motivates Caucasians with 
killer -instincts” and “devil-may-care” convictions. I see  myself  as an  Economic  Warrior for my people 
and not a victim. As a predator and not a victim, I have decided to confront the truth of my misfortune 
and when I look  in the mirror I see the culprit standing right in  front  of me – it is me. As the saying goes, 
truth shall set you free. Truth has set me free. The truth in being a Capitalist Nigger is that it sets you 
free. Being a Capitalist Nigger puts you in  control  of every aspect of your life – you are in charge and 
nobody  else.  
You want your  children to have  good  grades in school? Then practice Capitalist Niggerism because then 
you will not blame the teachers for failing your children or blame the nationwide testing services for 
using non-black questions in their testing. You will be in control because you will totally  understand  that 
everything that happens to your  child  at school is a result of the learning  environment you have 
provided him or her at home.  
You want to succeed in creating wealth, join Wall  Street . Don’t make excuses that Blacks don’t  know  
how to  invest  their money. Go after the Caucasians. Use their guilt to your advantage.  
Another important  point which I raised in this book concern the long study I have conducted regarding 
the economic behaviour of  East  Indians and Pakistanis. It is an economic doctrine I have christened the 
Spider  Web Doctrine,” because I believe we all understand how spiders behave. They  build  a web, and 
if an ant or fly dares enter the web, they are not allowed to come out. The spider closes its web. That is 
exactly how the Indians have employed the spider web doctrine to become a major economic force  
worldwide. The Indians have created virtual  economy  in the communities they  live . When a  dollar  

 
comes  into the community, because of spider-web mentality, that dollar does not leave the community. 
They reinvest it by buying from other Indians.  
Indians have studied the art of being a major economic force in America without antagonizing any 
particular group. You don’t see them in hostile neighbourhood, where they could be  held  hostage by the 
anger  of that group. They are mostly in businesses which cater to every group –  newspaper  retailing, 
taxi/limousine, gas station ownership, and motel/ hotel operators.  
The  Jews have used to some extent this “Spider Web Economic” doctrine, but not on the scale of 
Indians. The Indians are its  best  ardent practitioners. It is the only and best economic method I have 
seen  which can easily catapult an economy like ours out of its indolent state.  
I feel  totally librated. I feel free. I feel I am in charge. I am in control. From  here  on, whatever happens is 
because I allowed it to  happen . I have made what I believe is my own major contribution to the debate 
on the state of the Black Race. Whether you  agree  with me or not is immaterial. The only important 
point is that we must stop the blame game and accept responsibility for the present state of the Black 
Race. Truth shall set you free, it has set me free. 
 
RAPE OF A RACE  
Let’s take slavery for instance. We attribute everything that has happened to the Black race to slavery. 
We delude ourselves about African Kingdoms which had thrived  before  the onslaught of first  the Arabs, 
and later the Caucasians. We  talk  about the Pyramids of  Egypt , the great empire of Mali and the learning 
capital of Timbuktu. Yes, I am constrained to agree that these were great legacies that our ancestors  left  
us, but one cannot deny the  fact  that in the middle Passage of the  19th century we stopped functioning 
as a people with intelligence and the instinct to defend ourselves.  
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