Africans Really Hope The Obama Presidency Will Really Affect Change For Africa As Well

America is waiting with bated breath to see just how Obama will govern.And the people of Africa wonder if the Obama adminstration will be any different than the previous administrations.Here's an excerpt from Africa Today:

"Unless there is a fundamental change in America's policies towards Africa, the continent will not gain much from the in-coming US government.

Many people of African descent are anticipating that when Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States of America, the fortunes of Africa will change. However, nothing will change unless US foreign policy towards Africa changes drastically.

The G8 Summit held in June, pledged $6 billion dollars a year in so-called aid to Africa. The low figure caused an official of Oxfam to say "We're extremely disappointed by this wasted opportunity. They're offering peanuts to Africa and recycled peanuts at that."

In 1999, debt service payments from Africa, the poorest region in the world, to rich Western countries totaled $35.7 billion. African debt stands at a crippling $300 billion. According to The Guardian (U.K.) "African leaders invited to the G8 gathering expressed deep disappointment that the plan did nothing to open western markets, cancel debts of the poorest countries or provide the financial aid needed to meet the U.N.'s targets for tackling global poverty by 2015."

Behind the shameful peanut throwing lurks a deadly western policy towards Africa. The U.S. government which dominates the G8 has through the Pentagon, the CIA, the World Bank and the IMF, systematically demolished African economies, health and education sectors, and fueled eleven wars on the continent with arms transfers and military training. This genocidal imperial strategy has killed more than ten million Africans and has allowed the U.S. and the West to obtain Africa's abundant natural riches very cheaply."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.africatoday.com/cgi-bin/public.cgi?sub=news&action=one&cat=187&id=1565

Barack Obama is only one man.Therefore,there is only so much damage that he can repair in 4 years.There is a catastrophic mess that will be handed over to him on January 20,2009.Everyone's expectations may be set a little too high for a regular human being to meet.

This video contains the trailer of a documentary called "Nubian Spirit".The movie is about ancient African civilizations.Everytime I see the abundant riches that Africans once enjoyed,it makes the current dire state of the continent seem unfathomable.What would have happened to Africa had it never been colonized? Why weren't the Africans dying of starvation before the Europeans conquered their land? How did a land of supposed savages & heathens manage to erect some of the most mysterious & beautiful temples that mankind has ever seen? Present day Africans just want to return to their past glory.It's time for the wealthy nations that plundered Africa's riches to return the wealth.Africa has helped the West become what it is today.Amazingly enough,Africa remains in serious debt despite their rich past.