Ep 003 - Colonialism's Shadow: How the Past Still Haunts Africa Today - Mutemi wa Kiama (SJW)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- In Episode 003 of the Podcast, I sat down with Mwalimu Mutemi wa Kiama, a well-known Social Justice Activist from Kenya, an anti-IMF loans crusader, and a Community Organizer at Kongamano la Mapinduzi. Twice arrested in the past couple of years over his critical views on the IMF, and Huduma number, the Podcast was in for a captivating intellectual conversation.
Themes covered include:
- Recent Elections in SA - ANC, EFF, Umkhonto we Sizwe
- Can we still blame colonialism for 21st-century problems in Africa?
- New Kenyan Education System - Competency-Based Curriculum
- The Kibaki Years
- Afrocentricism
- Franz Fanon/ Wage Slavery
#decolonize #colonialism #Africa
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Another good one! I remember that IMF petition years ago when i gladly added my signature. As for huduma number, I never signed up because it looked very suspicious.The guest is well informed and hilarious as well in the way he describes things. For example, of the rhodes scholars and LSE graduates, " take the bright ones, capture them with training abroad" - it's avery interesting perspective that the "students" might not see if they take those "offers" as innocent educational opportunities.
Quite true, hehe
Hapo sawa bro
Wazi!
Interesting discussion. I would love to hear Mwalimu's view on the way forward without funding from IMF, World bank etc and generally the survival of African states economically after "decolonization". Looking forward to part 2.
@Annakelly-zg8qz All you need to do is look back to Kibaki Era. We lived within our means and funded 95% of the budget through taxes without increasing taxes. Kibaki expanded the tax base and productivity. During his time, Kenya still used to lose 300 billion a year to corruption. During Uhuru's time, that rose to 600 billion. The SGR cost was quoted at 320 billion which means we could have built it from taxes. It ended up costing 800+ billion according to Senator Omtatah... Wizi! I wonder how much we are losing now, but this shows we can fund our programmes without borrowing.
@@EdwinKiama ,Thank you.
Great discussion. I agree with the guest’s views for most part. I wonder who the British living in Kenya and calling the shots are. Very informative.
Check out part two, a few names are mentioned. Hehe
@@The_Nubianommetry_Podcast, Right on!
Great discussion. I wonder what the British intention was/is with CBC. Growing up, i endured a learning environment flooded with fallacy because of teachers who lacked critical thinking skills. This was for both Primary and High school. Apart from teachers, I often wonder why the education system in Kenya or some african countries often produce many graduates with poor critical thinking skills. I'm not saying that the system doesnot produce intellectuals because that would not be true but the majority are not great thinkers despite being highly educated. I have never really understood why that happens and honestly, i dont know if CBC will produce a better outcome or even if that's the objective at all.
The intention is to dumb us down
Certainly a valid observation. It could be that the Education system churns out capable graduates alright. But once graduated, the economy doesnt have lots of high quality jobs to go around. Most of those graduates quicly realise that 1, they have to leave the country, or, 2, they try their luck with MNCs/big NGOs, or 3, go after money without caring about morals or applying critical thinking. With such limited options, even basic critical thinking imparted during uni/college quickly goes down the drain if u dont get the chance to go abroad and also dont get a well paying job with a foreign company.
As to the intentions of the CBC, the point Mutemi made is that it's a very noble initiative that has however been hijacked. Can the course be corrected? No clue.