Lumumba - Africa's modern day Shaman with a title of a professor

This Shaman only knows how to talk, calling for Africa to be united and build Africa independently. Who does not know that? But he has no formula, did not understand the economics and mechanics of turning Africa great. He is talking like Donald Trump, making America great again. But how?
Without the education base, technology, knowhow, a trained workforce, finance and resources and good leadership, and a people wanting and willing to work hard, not work blindly, he thinks it is so easy to turn Africa into a developed continent?

What Africa has is abundance of resources. But most of the resources are as good as dirt if no one is buying them or wanting to pay for them. The people are mostly illiterate and not working or thinking as one people. No need to mention about the corruption and infighting among the tribal chiefs, now all wearing uniforms of generals.

The basic foundation of Africa for economic growth into a modern industrial economy is not there and needs help from countries that are willing to help them. No one owes Africa a living. No one is going to throw money at Africa freely. Everyone country has its own problems and issues that need money and resources to get by.

The colonialists came to rob and plunder Africa without giving anything in return. Countries like China and Russia came for trade and may give some assistance. If the Shaman is going to condemn countries like China and Russia for trading, to buy the dirt in Africa and pay good money for them, then these countries would eventually wash their hands and be hands off from Africa. And Africa would again be at the mercy of the white vultures waiting to tear them apart piece by piece.

The Shaman must be clear what he is talking about and differentiate between the devils and the good guys. No one is going to help Africa for free. China offers infrastructures and knowhow and these needs to be paid in money or in kind. Africa does not have money but have a lot of dirt that China can convert to money to pay for the infrastructures. Is that unfair? Is that robbing or plundering Africa? If China is not buying the dirt from Africa, who is? If there is no buyers, the dirt would be dirt forever, worthless.

The Shaman must come up with a working formula to make Africa rich and developed. It is easy to shout and call for unity to make Africa great. Trump also did the same thing, to make America great again. If there is no working formula, he can shout for the next thousand years and Africa would still be the same. Maybe he can chant, wala, wala, wala and Africa would unite and become rich and developed.

Making speeches is easy. All the politicians can do it to get elected. The difficult part is how to make it happened, how to turn dreams into reality. Can Africa become a modern industrial powerhouse without foreign assistance and technology?

PS. Mao was honoured for uniting China and drove out the foreign invaders. But it needed Deng Xiaoping with his pragmatic policies to turn China around from an agrarian economy to a modern economic powerhouse with many hard decisions backed up by a hungry people that wanted to progress and build a better life for themselves.