Showing posts with label medical crimes in Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical crimes in Africa. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2020

The unending struggles in Black history: racism, power, and legacy

An image of African Americans under bondage

An image of African Americans under bondage 



A society built on discriminatory systems inevitably produces injustice, violence, and deep social wounds. These realities continue to shape the United States, where political institutions and global health bodies, including the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, have long faced criticism for unethical practices that left lasting scars on Black communities.


Decades after the abolition of slavery and the colonial masters' lost grip on Africa through independence and the fall of apartheid in South Africa, etc., Africa has never been stable politically and economically. At the same time, the Black man still searches for his lost identity in both Africa and the United States of America.

Friday, February 12, 2016

Africa’s long fight against medical injustice: A message to global power brokers

Starving children during the Biafra war

Starving children during the Biafran War


There is a time for everything. “To everything, turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn. And a time for every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, a time to die. A time to plant, a time to reap. 

A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to laugh, a time to weep. "These are the lyrics of one of my favorite songs by The Byrds.


From generation to generation, the African continent has been a target of Europe and America, not only to steal but also to destroy. The humbleness of Africa is taken as stupidity, and our trust has been abused.