Nepad is an extension of robbery

Let us say, hypothetically, Africa is a big house with hundred and twenty rooms. At some stage long time ago the original owners were kicked out of their rooms. Now they are scattered somewhere in the sea. Some in the Atlantic and others in the Indian sea. After hundred of years they decide to trade among themselves, where would they trade? inside the house or in the sea?. Let us say originally they were trading in the living room. If my memory serves me well in the aftermath of colonisation all Africans were driven out of their rooms, so practically they can't trade in the living room because they are not there. What Nepad should be addressing first is question of ownership or sharing of rooms before speaking about trade. If South Africa and Zimbabwe were to trade who will be doing the actual trading in the true sense of the word? In reality it will be those who owns the house, resources and means of production. In the context of this article it will be those inside the rooms. If we want Nepad to be fruitful, we need to off load people from wandering ships in the sea and bring them back to their rooms so that they will participate in the trade happening in the living room.

I did enjoy seminar on the subject but disturbed that nothing was said about Africa's stolen land and the millions of destitute people. I am not of the argument that rooms should be reposessed but rather I am of the view that they need to be shared.