-By Camillus Etim
With the mineral resources deposited in basins and rocks of some countries in Africa, the continent has failed to wake up from her economic slumber. No matter how a nation is rich, if the leaders are corrupt, that nation will go begging. African culture is viewed to be communal but this does not reflect in her everydayness. Our leaders have failed us. They have milk the continent of her resources, exchanging diamond , gold and other resources for common ephemerals. They have used our resources as collateral to get loans from the well to do nations of the world without having any recourse to what they have done to generations yet unborn. Sorry my great, great, great grand children because you have a debt to pay which you did not plan.
When I look at the minerals deposited in Africa, I wipe. It ranges from gold, diamond, bauxite, copper, cobalt, Manganese, chrome, platinum, phosphates, uranium, petroleum, iron ore, fluorite and many other minor mineral in the sediments, mountains and oceans of Africa. Almost every country is blessed with something.
DIAMOND
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Tanzania
Angola
Zaire
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
GOLD
Ghana
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Zaire
Burkina Faso
BAUXITE
Cameroun
Guinea
COPPER
Zambia
Zaire
COBALT
Zaire
MANGANESE
South Africa
Gabon
CHROME
South Africa
Zimbabwe
PLATINUM
South Africa
Zimbabwe
PHOSPHATE
Togo
Benin
SPANISH SAHARA
Senegal
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
URANIUM
South Africa
Gabon
PETROLEUM
Angola
Congo
Gabonb
Nigeria
Libya
Algeria
Egypt
Sudan
With all these we are still termed desolate. ARISE AFRICA ARISE!!!
