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Notes from the Author
My narrative
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reasonable foundation for persuading ordinary m'zuŋ u to have confidence in the concept of
African Solutions to African Problems.
The extracts from current African media concerning Rolling Power Blackouts, Unpaid
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Wages and Ghost Payrolls are probably the only way to shake the more recalcitrant m'zuŋ u
reader into acknowledging just how matters like Illegal Finance Flows create a domino effect
that produces a cascade of obstacles to African development.
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Another, more minor thread, has been my use, mainly within Underdeveloped Africa and
Corruption? What Corruption of some illustrations based on South East Asia. This, again, is
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quite deliberate. If nothing else, they should serve to highlight that what m'zuŋ u often see as
something specifically African actually has no ethnic identity. It’s simply a feature of an
underdeveloped economy.
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It’s about the need for change
Whilst the focus of my narrative always returns to the matter of UK International Aid, it is very
much also about the need for much wider changes.
Why is it that those who have been responsible for our UK International Aid have failed to
make it relevant to ordinary UK people? Racism seems to have increased to the point where it
seems a permanent fixture in our society. How is it that our politicians and administrators have
failed to harness the ‘positives’ that the various diaspora bring to the UK? They provide us with
an open door to many countries. They can become the means to build a preferred trading
partner of countries whose economies are destined to ‘mushroom’.
Changing DfiD into FCDO changed very little.
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UK International Aid is an obvious vehicle with which to enrich our own m'zuŋ u society.
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We live in one of the most developed economies. Individuals in our country have never
been more dependent on the community. And yet so many of our own people act as though
they owe nothing to the community.
