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Can foreign investors fight to invest in poor continent? No. Can intelligent people from first world come, work and settle in a dark, poor continent? No. Unless those who come from the first world to work in Africa are third class brains but from the first world. Africans have been made to believe that their continent is poor. Yes. We have been brainwashed so that we remain crying for help from the west. In the process of crying for help, they come and take our resources and in return they give us the so called “AID. What a shame. Africa is not poor. Wake up.

The reason why i call this blog Positive Africa is simple. Two true stories will make it clear.

One: In 1999 i was in Botswana where I met this guy from one of the Scandnavian Countries. He had come to Africa as an Occassional Student to borrow Ethan’s terminology (he got from Ghana). The guy knew very littlle about Africa and all negative. We stayed together for three months or so. A night before his depature back to his country we had a dinner together with a number of other friends as well. Little to know that the young man will tell us what he knew about Africa. He starts: “My friends, i have been here with you for about three months, tomorrow i have to go back home, but allow me to thank you for everything we have been sharing together. Before I came to Africa, i was thinking a lot of things; one where will I sleep, I knew in Africa people are still sleeping in the forest so I had prepared myself for that. Indeed I did not expect to get a nice place to sleep like this”. We were all so shocked and no body commented.

Two: In 2004 -South Africa, I made another friend but this time from one of the Poorest Asian country. He had come to Africa for the first time. He tells me the story similar to the above, that when coming he was told by the member of his families to carry food, ports and almost everything for the simple reason that Africa is still dark, no food, nothing interesting. He was shocked when he landed here and compare with his country.

Africa has been potrayed negatively. Yes Africa has a lot of problems but there are some positive remarks one should not forget to mention.

Merck, the manufacturer of Vioxx, drugs which caused problems to users has been ordered to pay $253 million to the one of the many people who in a one way or another affected with its use (the husband died). The drug cartels usually put profits ahead of human life. Thousands more people will come foward to sue the company. What next after Vioxx? Is it going to be Nevirapine and other ARV’s? Who knows? The only problems with ARVs is that many clients are in Africa. And who cares in Africa? If you read publications on the side effects of these drugs you may be forced to suspect that what happen with Vioxx cannot be avoided. Its a matter of time, but who will help the users in Africa anyway? You may wish to read a book by Anthon Brink tittled: Trouble with Nevirapine.

John Garang. True son of Africa. A PhD holder who fought for his people throughout his life is no more. We will remember him and miss him as his own people of southern Sudan wull do. Byebye True son of Africa.

It started on 23 April 1984 when Robert Gallo anounced he had discovered that HIV causes AIDS. The “politrics” here was that, how can you announce such big scientific discovery in the press conference before publishing the findings in a scientific journal. Then drama began as follows:

Phase one: Where did the virus came from? From Chimps, Monkeys, Laboratory made or what. Who is to blame for that. See what Alan Cantwell says on that at www.whale.to/c/cantwell_alan.html

Phase two: Does HIV Cause AIDS? Here the lab has been turned into platform. Natural science has been turned into social science, argument after argument. But truth of the matter is: There has been a correlation between HIV and AIDS and NOT causation.

Phase Three: Oh!! The drugs. Here there is a war. AZT, Neverapine and what what… Poisons!!! Talking about Vitamins or nutrition is a crime. Nothing but ARVs. But who does not know the importance of nutrition anyway? How can you administer such strong drugs into empty stomach?

In the midst of these phases, the victims, poor sons and daughters of African continent are dying. What are the Africa’s Government doing? AIDS seem to be an African problem but we have turned up to be data collectors and prechers of AIDS rather than researchers. Believe me, you will never receive any foreign aid to carry research on the traditional drugs. Wake up. Put your resources together and research. Save the life of poor Africans who are dying while we are sitting with powerful herbs.

The other side of Africa is not well potrayed globally. Africa is thought to be of: wars, hunger diseases, poverty, bad governance etc. In this blog we will show the other side of Africa. We want to potray balanced Africa. We will show Africa with all its problems, but with natural resources, people, thinkers and everything positive which is not known.