English version at the bottom :)
Remarquez bien que je ne parle pas de ceux qui veulent rester à l’étranger mais travailler pour développer leur pays en y investissant. Je pense que la encore ça passe. Mais je parle de ceux qui m’ont sorti « le pays est trop corrompu, on ne peut pas y faire les affaires facilement ». Ou encore, « qu’est-ce que mon pays a fait pour moi ? »
Euh, le pays est-il une personne ? Qui fait le pays ? Qui gère le pays ? Mon professeur d’économie de développement a l’habitude de nous dire que nous ne devons pas nous en vouloir lorsqu’on parle des aspects hideux de nos pays en cours. Par contre, dans 10 ans, si la situation n’est pas meilleure, eh bien ce sera de notre faute. Parce qu’aussi surprenant que ça peut l’être, le pays n’est pas un individu à part entière... Le pays c’est vous, c’est moi, et c’est à nous de faire en sorte que les futures générations bénéficient de ce qu’on pense avoir manqué.
Alors dites-moi, si le pays est corrompu, qui doit changer les choses ? Si vous décidez que ce n’est pas de votre faute si les choses vont mal, doit-on ressusciter ceux qui sont déjà morts et ont tenu les rênes de l’abime pour qu’ils arrangent les choses ? On pourrait accuser le pouvoir en place, mais il n’est pas éternel. Si le gouvernement ne fait rien et que toi aussi tu ne fais rien, ce n’est pas par un tour de magie que les choses changeront. Si la tête souffre de gangrène, il y a de fortes chances que le cou et les autres parties du corps seront affectés. Alors les personnes qui bénéficient d’un mauvais système ont plus d’intérêts à le maintenir en place. Pourquoi voudrais-tu qu’une personne dont les parents ont payé les études grâce à la corruption, y mette un terme ? Pourquoi voudrais-tu qu’un ministre qui renfloue son propre compte bancaire décide tout d’un coup de donner sa vie à l’intégrité et améliorer les conditions de vie du peuple ? Ça pourrait arriver, mais soyons réalistes ! En Afrique nombreux sont les leaders politiques qui pensent exagérément (et illégalement) aux intérêts des leurs avant ceux du peuple. Ce n’est pas uniquement en les fustigeant sur les réseaux sociaux que les choses vont changer. Ce n’est pas en restant en occident qu’on va supprimer ce qui nous fait fuir notre pays. Et c’est valable pour ceux qui sont au pays et qui passent leur temps à se plaindre plutôt qu’à chercher des solutions. A un moment, il faut replier ses manches.
Alors si ce n’est pas toi, s’il te plait dis-moi qui ?
For so long I have been looking for the right angle to talk about this subject. Today I will just try to be brief. I like asking Africans studying or working abroad what they are planning to do later. Returning home, or staying at the host country. I'm glad to see that many of the continent's children want to return to the cradle. Unfortunately, there is also a considerable amount of Africans who think that it is better to stay where the internet connection is fast, access to water and electricity perfect, creating a business easy, and finally where development already exists and they can just take it easy.
Notice that I am not talking about those who want to stay abroad but work to invest in their home country. I think this should be okay. But I am talking about those who told me “there is too much corruption in the country, we can’t invest there.” Or “what has my country done for me?
Uh, Can you tell me if your country is a person? Who makes a country? Who runs it? My development economics professor used to tell us that we should not blame ourselves when we talk about the hideous aspects of our countries in class. We are not responsible for the current situation. However in 10 years if things don’t get better, well it will be on us. Because as surprising as it may be, the country is not an individual in its own right… The country is you and me and it is our responsibility to ensure that the future generations will benefit from what we believe to lack.
So tell me, if the country is corrupted, who needs to change it? If you decide that it's not your fault if things go wrong, should we resurrect those who already died and held the reins of the abyss so that they solve everything? Things will not get better by a magic trick if neither you nor the government does anything. We could continue to accuse those in office, but they are not eternal and they are as humans as us. Moreover, if the head is suffering from gangrene, there are chances that the neck and other body parts will be affected too. So the people currently taking advantage of a bad system have more interests in maintaining it. Why would you want someone whose studies have been paid through corruption to put an end to it? Why would you want a minister to stop furnishing his bank account, give his life to integrity and improve the living conditions of the population? It could happen but let’s be realistic! In Africa, most of the politicians put their own interests before the ones of the people. It is not only by criticizing them on social networks that things will change. It is not by staying in the West that we will eliminate what made us flee our own country. I am not saying that only for those abroad but also for the Africans at home who spend their time complaining rather than looking for solutions. At some point, we need to withdraw our sleeves.
So please tell me who else than you should change your country?
Alors si ce n’est pas toi, s’il te plait dis-moi qui ?
Who else than you?
For so long I have been looking for the right angle to talk about this subject. Today I will just try to be brief. I like asking Africans studying or working abroad what they are planning to do later. Returning home, or staying at the host country. I'm glad to see that many of the continent's children want to return to the cradle. Unfortunately, there is also a considerable amount of Africans who think that it is better to stay where the internet connection is fast, access to water and electricity perfect, creating a business easy, and finally where development already exists and they can just take it easy.
Notice that I am not talking about those who want to stay abroad but work to invest in their home country. I think this should be okay. But I am talking about those who told me “there is too much corruption in the country, we can’t invest there.” Or “what has my country done for me?
Uh, Can you tell me if your country is a person? Who makes a country? Who runs it? My development economics professor used to tell us that we should not blame ourselves when we talk about the hideous aspects of our countries in class. We are not responsible for the current situation. However in 10 years if things don’t get better, well it will be on us. Because as surprising as it may be, the country is not an individual in its own right… The country is you and me and it is our responsibility to ensure that the future generations will benefit from what we believe to lack.
So tell me, if the country is corrupted, who needs to change it? If you decide that it's not your fault if things go wrong, should we resurrect those who already died and held the reins of the abyss so that they solve everything? Things will not get better by a magic trick if neither you nor the government does anything. We could continue to accuse those in office, but they are not eternal and they are as humans as us. Moreover, if the head is suffering from gangrene, there are chances that the neck and other body parts will be affected too. So the people currently taking advantage of a bad system have more interests in maintaining it. Why would you want someone whose studies have been paid through corruption to put an end to it? Why would you want a minister to stop furnishing his bank account, give his life to integrity and improve the living conditions of the population? It could happen but let’s be realistic! In Africa, most of the politicians put their own interests before the ones of the people. It is not only by criticizing them on social networks that things will change. It is not by staying in the West that we will eliminate what made us flee our own country. I am not saying that only for those abroad but also for the Africans at home who spend their time complaining rather than looking for solutions. At some point, we need to withdraw our sleeves.
So please tell me who else than you should change your country?
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