Africa exploitation by the west. Mallence Bart Williams TEDX

The birthplace of mankind. The richest continent on the face of earth and home to unarguably the most beautiful people in the world; hated and made to belief we are not as good, not as charming..called names. It's heartbreaking that we've been so conditioned to want to separate ourselves from everything African, when Africa is such a divine place.

Good afternoon. I am Mallence, and I come from the richest country in the world. It is

located in the richest continent in the world, in the west of the richest continent.

My country is called Sierra Leone. On the surface, we are blessed with infinite

beauty and an abundance of flora and fauna – producing the most exquisite harvest of

coffee, cocoa, fruits, vegetables and culture. You name it, we've got it. We also

have diverse wildlife and vast marine resources – and waterfalls, and

rivers that run into the most beautiful beaches. The land is golden – literally – a true paradise –

which, of course, is inhabited by the most beautiful souls.

We have a very strong cultural heritage. In fact, Sierra Leone had the first sub-Saharan university.

Prior to that, there was one in the Kingdom of Timbuktu, which was the first university in the world,

succeeding the great gnostic schools of Egypt and of Cyrus.

On a deeper level, we are blessed with the real treasures the kings and queens of this world desire.

This was the largest alluvial diamonds ever found. It weighs almost a thousand carats – 969 to be precise.

This beauty was found by an old lady in her backyard about two years ago.

125 carats. Some people mine gold in their backyards. That's quite common.

Besides gold and diamonds, we have about 20 precious minerals that have been discovered as of today.

We recently started extracting huge petroleum reserves that have been discovered.

We have platinum, ?? to make titanium, ?? to coat jets,

iron ore – the largest iron ore deposits in Africa.

The third largest in the world, tantalite??, known as coltan??, used in your mobile phones and computers,

bauxite for aluminium production, zinc, chromium, copper, coal, phosphates,

QQQ and potassium, salt, lead, asbestos, nickel, ??,

Furthermore, we have exquisite timber like mahogany and teak. And we have the most beautiful stamps in the world.

Of course, the West needs Africa's resources most desperately to power airplanes, cell phones, computers,

QQQ and engines – and the gold and diamonds of course, the status symbol of gold, to determine their powers

by decor, and to give value to their currencies. One thing that keeps me

puzzled despite by having studied finance and economics at the world's best

universities, the following question remains unanswered:

"Why is it that 5,000 units of our currency is worth one unit of your

currency, where we are the ones with the actual gold reserves?" It's quite evident that

the aid is, in fact, not coming from the West to Africa, but from Africa to the

western world. The Western world depends on Africa in every possible way,

since alternative resources are scarce out here. So how does the West ensure that the free

aid keeps coming? By systematically destabilizing the wealthiest African

nations, and their systems, and all that back by huge PR campaigns – leaving the

entire world under the impression that Africa is poor and dying, and merely

surviving on the mercy of the West.

Well done, Oxfam, Unicef, Red Cross life, and all the other organizations that

continuously run multi-million dollar advertising campaigns depicting charity

pouring to sustain that image of Africa globally. Ad campaigns

paid for by innocent people under the impression to help with their donations.

While one hand gives under the flashing lights of cameras, the other takes in the shadows.

We all know the dollar's worthless, while the euro is merely charged with German intellect

and technology and maybe some Italian pasta. How can one expect donations from

nations that have so little. It's super sweet of you to come with your colored paper in exchange for our gold and

diamonds. But instead, you should come empty handed, filled with integrity and honor. I want

to share with you our wealth and invite you to share with us.

The perception is that a healthy and striving Africa would not disperse its resources

as freely and cheaply, which is illogical. Of course, it would instead sell its resources at

world market prices, which, in turn, would destabilize and weaken Western economies.

established on the post-colonial free meals system.

Last year, the IMF reports that 6 out of 10 o fthe world's fastest growing

economies are in Africa, measured by their GDP growth. The French Treasury, for example,

is receiving about $500 billion dollars, year in, year out. Foreign exchange reserves from African

countries based on Colonial debt they force them to pay. Former French

President, Jacques Chirac, stated in an interview recently that we have to be

honest and acknowledged that a big part of the money in our bank comes precisely

from the exploitation of the African continent. In 2008, he stated, "But without

Africa, France will slide down [to] the ranks of a third-world power. This is what

happens in the Union world – the world we have created. Have you ever wondered how

things work in nature? One would assume that in evolution, the fittest survives.

However, in nature any species that is over hunting, over exploiting the

resources they depend on nourishment, natural selection will sooner or later

take the predator out.