A different prespective to Life

A lot of people who watched this program displayed anger, towards the fact that the BBC zeroed upon what seemed to be the worst of Nigeria. They saw the film as being “offensive, degrading, dehumanizing, patronizing and insulting”. A lot of people were seriously angry that, why show a garbage heap and the slums, when the federal government has spent a huge amount on rebranding and Lagos state government has been spending billions of Naira on improving the very infrastructure that the film has been pointing out . Some people would say that the film brands Nigeria something it is not, but others would say that it brings out the best in Nigerians. However, I am personally surprised that in the program that it is said that slums constitute about 3/4ths of Lagos. Although I have visited, slept in Lagos often, I did not know that. However, it might seem to depend to a large extend on the film producer’s definition of what a slum is. Another thing that makes a lot of people...

Colonel Gaddafi When I was younger, I loved the thought of a focused individual who had his country's interest at heart. I also liked Che Guevara, a revolutionary who I saw as someone who wanted to get rid of the inequalities in his country. "Col" Gaddafi was in that line in the 1960s and 1970s. It seemed all he wanted to do, was get rid of corruption, bureaucracy, laxity in the system, etc. I admired Colonel Gaddafi for his Revolution ideology (his brand of socialism called "popular democracy") and the way he stood against the USA, UK (anti-imperialism policy), etc. When I was younger, I liked the cool shades and the beret or cap he used to sport when facing the press.  I just like the idea of him being radical for the good of his country. Like Julius Nyerere, who tried African Socialism (Ujamaa) and ran Tanzania, I later learned that only loans and grants from the World Bank and the IMF in 1975 prevented Tanzania from going bankrupt. But now I am older, I ...