“The biggest problem in Sub-Saharan Africa today is the almost complete breakdown of the family caused by resource extraction based colonial enterprises; it pulls men off of the farms and crams them into cities where all kinds of trouble can be found. In the meantime, the womenfolk back home are stuck doing all the work without any support from the local (often corrupt) patrons. And comparing Africa to Canada or Australia is foolish; for one thing barely anybody lived in those places when they were colonized, definitely not the case in Africa. The other thing people don’t seem to grasp is Africa’s shear size - it takes 10 hours to fly from the Mediterranean coast to the Cape - twice the flight time from Seattle to Honolulu.”
Now the whiteman/ modern man is responsible for marital failure in Africa? Gimme a break. Back to the blame game.
A couple of things, 1) yes you are correct Africa is huge. I think it is roughly the size of North America, central America and a piece of South America.
2)Comparing Canada or Australia is foolish? Canada and Australia was/ and are about resource extraction and will continue to be.And there are loads of men employed in these industries without marital failure. Colonialism was largely about resources including Australia.
3) Africa? The influence of Islam has allowed many to have multiple wives. Chiefs and leaders have multiple wives all across Africa and thats the way it has been. Leaders there even had their “harems”. The bulk of the common men are like lost gophers and wanting to be like chiefs. Actually for the lack of proper belief structures like creatures of the field wandering through a meaningless unstructured life and will continue like that. They are high on excuses excepting Robert Mugabe. There is a man of action. South Africa is following their footsteps. Actually, Kenya too. All the places of the greatest potential are falling for their beliefs, corruption and lifestyle.
The corruption is easy to understand... everything is for the chief and no one can be more powerful than the feudal chiefs. Thats why the concepts of pull him down , and crabs in a bucket seek to explain what is really going on. All throughout africa, a man starts getting ahead and the societies pull him down, destroy his efforts, maybe his life or a family members. There no one can get ahead of the chiefs; chiefs by day and chiefs by night... uncle Zoie. They understand raiding, corruption and thievery. I think with the millions of years advantage they have over others that it is ingrained.
Kinda like you can take the boy off the farm but not the farm outa the boy.
Thats why we have it here in America, innocently imported by immigration in todays terms, (not so innocently by slavery importation). We the borders are opened up , yes the immigrants bring their behaviors with them from wherever they may come and corrupt what exists bringing their cultural values, crime and poverty.... and perceptions of societal structure. But with a few years they integrate fairly well.
Basically they are a backwards and corrupt people and will continue as that.