Africa

After a hectic day we decided to watch a movie to relax a bit. The only twist being that the movie was not a humorous one but rather a thought provoking and serious movie - The Constant Gardner.

The story in short for those who have not seen it - A British high commission diplomat, posted in Africa, investigates his wife's murder and in the process unearths the illegal and non humanitarian process of human testing of drugs in Africa. The movie portrays painfully how life of Africans are discounted easily and are not held of any importance. Those who stand to protect them are killed by selfish corporates which want to make money.

I remembered another movie I saw sometime back - Blood Diamond. This also shows the poor state of Africans - how they kill each other for diamond and fight to establish power and how they are utilized by diamond merchants for their own profit.

These two movies clearly show how Africans are taken for granted and manipulated by the various developed countries for their personal progress. Africa is such a rich country in terms of natural resources and this is the main reason why it is manipulated so much. Due to all the manipulation it is a very poor continent where many people have a tough struggle for even a single meal. This is really sad. There's so much they can do to improve themselves and become a super power.

What stops them?? The high level of corruption and the money involved it is not easy to get peace in these troubled areas. Everyone wants to make a quick buck and hence they don't allow anyone to stay in power for long. There is some internal conflict or the other as one group after another tries to get total control over everything. All we can do is just observe how and when they resolve their disputes and focus on progress. Till then they will continue to be manipulated by the various super powers. They will remain the dumping ground for all the useless medicines and be the human guineas for the various tests till then.