Why Africa is Invading South Africa 🇿🇦 The Harsh Truth

Añadido: 2026-05-19

[00:00:01]Welcome back to Lakefield Africa. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:00:07]Now, if you have spent any time on African internet lately, you know it's just one big sing match over there. It's always South Africa and Nigeria arguing over who is the giant of Africa. Nigeria says we have the biggest GDP, we have the most jelloof, we have Afro beats.

[00:00:25]Yeah. And South Africa claps back with we have the G20, we have the best infrastructure and our electricity well is finally back most of but while the two giants are measuring well matrix there is a quiet neighbor sitting in the corner just minding their own business. Botswana. Botswana is like that cousin who doesn't post on Instagram, doesn't go to club, but somehow just bought the t house and the Mercedes while you're still arguing over who pays for the data.

[00:01:06]So today we are asking is Bina showing off or are they just the ones who actually know how to run a country?

[00:01:14]Let's talk about the money. Nigeria has oil. South Africa has gold and platinum.

[00:01:20]Botswana has diamonds. But here's the difference. When Nigeria finds oil, the only people that get rich are the politicians and the guys selling generators. When South Africa finds minerals, we get a 700page commission report on why the money is gone.

[00:01:41]Botana took their diamonds and said, "Huh?

[00:01:45]What if?" Stay with me here. What if we actually use this for the people? I know. I know. Radical idol, right? Yeah.

[00:01:59]They have one of the highest credit ratings in Africa. Their is even stronger than the rand. In fact, if you go to a Botswana border with a bag of runs, they look at you like you're trying to pay for steak with the monopoly money.

[00:02:18]Now, let's talk about politics. In most of Africa, an election is basically a highstake action movie. There is drama, there is suspense, and usually the internet goes mysteriously dark for 3 days.

[00:02:35]But Botswana, they've had peaceful transitions since 1966.

[00:02:41]It's boring. They don't have presidents who stays for 40 years until they become monuments.

[00:02:47]Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And they don't have military consultants taking over TV stations at 3:00 a.m.

[00:02:58]In Bana, the president leaves the office and what does he do? He goes to his farm. He retires. He doesn't try to change the constitution from his iPad.

[00:03:13]My mani brothers, you are always complaining about the failed states coming to your border. Have you noticed you don't see a lot of Bosswana citizens running across Limpo?

[00:03:25]And why do you think that is?

[00:03:28]It's because they actually have a home to stay in.

[00:03:36]The funniest part about Botswana is how they treat the rest of us. They are the introverts of Africa. They don't want to lead the African Union. They don't want to host the World Cup. They just want their cows to stay healthy and their schools to stay open.

[00:03:54]When South Africa and Nigeria are fighting on Twitter, Botswana is just there like that's nice. That's nice. Anyway, our literacy rate is 88%.

[00:04:09]Enjoy your trending hashtag.

[00:04:14]So, what is the lesson here? Maybe the giant of Africa isn't the one with the biggest mouth or the most celebrities.

[00:04:22]Maybe the real giant is the one who can actually provide for its people without a 700page report explaining why the lights are off.

[00:04:35]Persona is showing us that pan Africanism starts with fixing your own house. You can't build one Africa if your own living room is on fire.

[00:04:48]But I want to hear from you. Is Bersona really the gold standard or are they just lucky they don't have 60 million people to manage and to my Bosa viewers don't get too arrogant South Africa still has better map yeah you know you know drop a comment below don't forget to subscribe and remember if you can't fix your own country at least buy a good pair of shoes for the village meeting will be Right back after this break and this is the late feed Africa as always.

[00:05:23]Good evening Africa and welcome back to let feed Africa the only way we discuss continental politics with a confidence of a guy who has never renewed a passport successfully.

[00:05:35]Thank you. Thank you. Tonight we go back to South Africa again because somehow South Africa has become the group started mean of African immigration problems. Every month there's a new season. At this point, South African politics has more circles than fast and furious.

[00:05:56]Quazatal premier thumbi is calling for calm amid rising xenophobic tensions.

[00:06:02]And honestly, whenever an African politician say we calm, it usually means WhatsApp voice notes are already circulating with dramatic background music and someone has started burning tires.

[00:06:18]The premier says undocumented migration is creating pressure. Criminal syndicates are exploiting the system, but people must not become xenophobic.

[00:06:28]Yeah. And this is where Africa enders its favorite sport. Pretending these are two completely separate conversations.

[00:06:38]Because on paper, Africans love panafricanism.

[00:06:42]Oh, we love it. At African Union meetings, leaders stand there talking about one Africa, United Africa, borderless Africa, African brotherhoods.

[00:06:52]Beautiful speeches. Then you arrive at the airport.

[00:06:59]Suddenly African unity disappears faster than government Wi-Fi.

[00:07:05]Yeah. Immigration officers like uh purpose of visit tourism, sir.

[00:07:12]Where's your invitation letter?

[00:07:16]Invitation letter? I thought we were brothers.

[00:07:20]No, no, no, no, sir. Brothers still need support in doment. Where is it?

[00:07:26]Yeah.

[00:07:29]Africa is the only place where leaders talk like revolutionaries, but immigration officers behave like nightclub bombs.

[00:07:38]Not tonight, my friend. uh your bank statement is not given a continental unit and South Africa especially has become the emotional battlefield of the continent because economically it still attracts people from across Africa looking for opportunity. Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Congalles, Somales, Philippines, Malawian and so on. At this point Johannesburg is basically African Union with traffic.

[00:08:10]And here is the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to say out loud. Migration itself is not the real issue. The issue is what happens when unemployment, crime, corruption, inequality, and frustration all moves into the same neighborhood and start sharing electricity.

[00:08:32]Because when economies struggle, people stop looking for explanations and they start looking for visible targets. And migrants are visible, especially successful migrants.

[00:08:44]Nothing angers a struggling citizen more than seeing a foreigner selling chicken, charging phones, fixing shoes, running a saloon, operating a spasa shop, and somehow still sending money home.

[00:08:59]The local guy is like this economy. I've been unemployed for 3 years. Yeah. And the foreigner? Yeah. I sell tomatoes, repair televisions, bread here and uh I also do mobile money transfers and he's telling all this to the local guy. Suddenly the foreigner has become economic analyst for the country.

[00:09:25]Entirely different country.

[00:09:31]And the internet makes it worse. As you all know, social media in Africa is mostly unavailable. Let me rephrase that. Mostly uncurrent. One bloody video surfaces online and suddenly everyone becomes a border security expert.

[00:09:47]Look at this. They're everywhere.

[00:09:49]They're controlling everything.

[00:09:53]Yeah. Meanwhile, the video was recorded in 2018 in another country entirely.

[00:10:03]African misinformation spreads faster than fiber internet.

[00:10:09]Yeah. Yeah. And the politicians are trapped in the middle. They know citizens are angry because of unemployment and crime, but they also know open xenophobia makes the country look terrible internationally. So they invented diplomatic language. It's not xenophobia. It is a concern about undocumented migration. It is a frustration about criminal syndicates.

[00:10:33]My brother, when people are throwing stones through soap windows, vocabulary update is not helping. Try again.

[00:10:46]And can we admit something? Every African country thinks it would handle immigration better than South Africa until the migrants actually arrive there.

[00:10:57]Every nation on the continent has the theoretical pan-Africanism.

[00:11:02]Theoretical Ugandans love African unity until rent prices increase. Kenyans love African unity until job competitions appear. Nigerians love African unity until someone mentions the equash border police. Even Bona is quietly sitting in the corner like uh we love Africa, we support Africa spiritually from over there. Yeah.

[00:11:29]Yeah. And South Africans online are now divided into categories. Group one, protect the borders. Protect the borders. Protect the borders. Group two, this is a dangerous xenophobia.

[00:11:43]Ah, group three people just trying to survive from loading trauma from previous years and wondering why immigration debates now have more electricity than esco.

[00:11:57]But there's another contradiction here.

[00:11:59]African economies quietly depend on migrants all the time. Constructions, transport, informal trade, street markets, agriculture, delivery services, you mention it. Migrants are deeply woven into every urban economies.

[00:12:17]Yeah. But politically, nobody wants to say that out loudly because elections are coming and foreigners are easier to blame than failed police. And this is why these tensions keep repeating every few years like a a bad Netflix reboot.

[00:12:33]The deeper problems never disappears.

[00:12:36]unemployment, inequality, corruption, weak public service, housing shortages, and political frustrations. But instead of solving those things, we start season 5 of who belongs here.

[00:12:52]And honestly, African borders themselves are confusing. Some of these borders were drawn by Europeans who probably spend 10 minutes looking at a map while sipping tea. Now generations later, we are passionately fighting over lines that were basically colonal doodles.

[00:13:12]One village can literally have cousins on both sides of the border. You cross one river and suddenly your accent is foreign.

[00:13:20]Yeah. Yeah. And yet despite all this, ordinary Africans still cross borders every day chasing that same dream.

[00:13:28]safety, work, opportunity and and stability.

[00:13:33]Yeah, that is the human side we forget during political shouting matters because behind every immigration debate is usually somebody just trying to survive. Yeah. And that's why leaders calling for calm matters because once public anger turns into mobile energy, nobody controls where it ends.

[00:13:54]Today it is foreigners. Tomorrow it's another tribe, another language, another community. Africa has seen this movie before too many times.

[00:14:06]But still, I cannot get over the hypocrisy of our continent. We stand at conferences screaming Africa must unite.

[00:14:13]Africa must unite. Africa must unite.

[00:14:16]Then at the border, next fingerprint.

[00:14:21]Where's your card? Why is your passport looking suspicious?

[00:14:27]Yeah, yeah, yeah. One Africa, but please kill properly.

[00:14:36]Welcome back to Street Africa with me, Gilbert. The only so politics get treated like a family What worsup group.

[00:14:42]Too many voice notes, too much drama, and one uncle threatening to leave every 5 minutes.

[00:14:51]Tonight we're talking about the possible impeachment of Sel Ramaposa. Yes, South Africa is once again treating politics like a Netflix series. Every season ends with someone saying this government cannot continue.

[00:15:09]Yeah. And then everybody comes back for another season anyway.

[00:15:15]Now for people outside Africa, impeachment sounds very very serious.

[00:15:20]But relax. In Africa, impeachment is basically political foreplay. It's not you're fired. It's more like uh we're disappointed in you publically.

[00:15:33]Yeah. There is too much sin dramatic press conferences and people pointing fingers like Spider-Man memes.

[00:15:45]And honestly, South Africa has mastered political suspense. This country can turn one parliamentary hearing into 16 episodes, two commissions, three leaked audio recordings, and one man crying outside court while holding KFC.

[00:16:02]Let's be honest, the impeachment conversation around Raaposa is fascinating because this man built an entire political image around being calm, reasonable, and business friendly.

[00:16:13]Now talks like a man permanently moderating a corporate workshop. Even when the country is on fire, he still sounds like uh he's introducing the next PowerPoint slide.

[00:16:24]Fellow South Africans, we have acknowledged the challenge and um we engaging the stakeholders.

[00:16:35]The stakeholders are still in the chairs.

[00:16:42]Raaposa has the energy of an HR manager trying to resolve a fight between two employees while the building collapses behind him. The economy is struggling.

[00:16:52]We are monitoring the situation. Yeah.

[00:16:55]Corruption allegations.

[00:16:57]Processes are underway. Yeah. Political in fighting dialogue continues.

[00:17:05]At this point, South Africans are not sure whether they elected their president or a customer service board.

[00:17:16]Yeah. And thement debate always creates chaos inside the ruling party because the NC behaves like a a family business where nobody can agree on who inherited the show. One faction says protect the president. Protect the president.

[00:17:30]Protect the president. Another says remove the president. to remove the president to remove the president and another group is just there for freelance and reimbursement forms.

[00:17:43]Yeah. The ANC is the only organization where a press conference can feel like a church service, a divorce hearing and a mafia meeting at the same time.

[00:17:56]And you know what is amazing? So African politics is so dramatic that people discuss impeachment with the same intensity Europeans discuss football transfers bro no no no no my source inside the neck says he's staying what is the risk clause yeah meanwhile the rest of Africa is watching like neighbors picking through curtains Nigeria is like Oh, they're fighting again.

[00:18:30]Yeah, Kenya is taking notes. Uganda is pretending not to look because they have political cancer and imprisonment is a luxury they cannot afford. And Zimbabwe is sitting quietly like please don't normalize removing presidents. Some of us are trying to retire peacefully in office.

[00:18:53]Yeah. But impeachment conversation in South Africa always reveals something bigger. People are tired. Citizens are tired of corruption, scandals, political faction battles, unemployment, crime, and endless promises. Every election, politicians arrive sounding like motivational speakers.

[00:19:14]We are building a better future.

[00:19:16]Brother, we have been hearing about the future for 20 years now. At this point, the future should already be having grandchildren and South Africans are uniquely talented at political disappointments. They can protest corruption in the morning and still make world class jokes about it in the afternoon. That country has weaponized sarcasm. South Africans don't even argue normally anymore. They debate politics with memes, voice notes, and captions saying, "Yo, this country."

[00:19:52]But you have to admire the resilience because despite everything, South Africa still has one of the continent's loudest democracies. People criticize leaders openly. Opposition parties fight publicly and parliament looks like reality TV reunion special every week.

[00:20:08]In some countries, if you interrupt parliament, you disappear. In South Africa, interrupting parliament is practically parliamentary tradition and impment debates expose another truth about Africa. We expect presidents to fix everything personally. Electricity, jobs, corruption, potholes, football results, rainfall. Somehow all of that becomes one man's responsibility.

[00:20:38]Why?

[00:20:39]Why? Yeah.

[00:20:42]loses two matches in a row, suddenly somebody on Twitter will still blame Raaposa.

[00:20:51]And African presidents have impossible job descriptions. Citizens want Scandinavian infrastructure, American salaries, Dubai roads, and Singapore while paying taxes once every leap year.

[00:21:05]How How can that be achieved?

[00:21:09]Still, the frustration is real. Young people are angry about unemployment.

[00:21:14]Businesses complain about uncertaintity.

[00:21:16]Investors get nervous every time politicians start using words like constitutional process. Because on this continent, whenever politicians says constitutional process, somebody's WhatsApp groups start panicking immediately.

[00:21:33]Markets drop. Journalists stop sleeping.

[00:21:36]Political analysts start appearing on every TV station wearing identical suits and one uncle at the bar confidently says, "Ah, I predicted this in 2019."

[00:21:49]No, you didn't. In 2019, you were selling her immunity boosters.

[00:21:57]The funniest part is that every political side claims to be saving democracy. The opposition says we must remove him to protect the country. The ruling party says we must protect stability. Political allies say this is conspiracy and the ordinary citizens say can somebody just reduce prices of food?

[00:22:19]Yeah.

[00:22:21]Because regular Africans don't wake up thinking about constitutional law. They wake up thinking will my transport money survive this week? Really?

[00:22:32]Yeah. Yeah. That's why political drama becomes exhausting. Citizens feel trapped between politicians giving speeches and economists giving warnings.

[00:22:42]One side says democracy is under threat.

[00:22:44]The other says stability is under threat. Meanwhile, the average person is under debt.

[00:22:52]And you know what? Africa has perfected survival humor. We laugh because if we don't laugh, we'll start attending parliamentary sessions personally with folding chairs.

[00:23:04]Regardless of what happens politically, the Ramaposa impeachment saga reminds us that African democracy is noisy, messy, dramatic, and emotional. Sometimes frustratingly slow, sometimes embarrassingly theatrical. But it also reminds us that citizens are watching, questioning, criticizing, and demanding accountability.

[00:23:28]That matters because leadership on this continent increasingly comes from young population who are connected, informed, in present and active online. African leaders used to fear newspapers. Now they fe Tik Tok edits with dramatic background music.

[00:23:47]One of video can destroy an entire press conference. A politician spends 3 hours explaining policy but the internet reduces it to look at this man he's sweating.

[00:24:01]Yeah. Yeah. That is the real opposition now memes.

[00:24:07]Yeah. So whether Ramaposa survives politically or not one thing is certain South Africa will continue producing the greatest political entertainment package in Africa. action, betrayal, courty drama, party in fighting, emotional speeches and somebody yelling in the parliament like the microphone is off.

[00:24:31]Welcome back to Redfield Africa with me Gilbra. The only show where we investigate serious African issues with the confidence of commission report and the budget of vibes. Tonight we're talking about the Madanga Commission.

[00:24:47]Yeah. Now for those who don't know a commission in South Africa is basically what happens when a government says uh we hear your anger and uh we would like to study it for the next 2 years.

[00:25:03]A commission is not there to solve the problem. No no it is there to understand the problem deeply, emotionally, academically and sometimes spiritually.

[00:25:14]Because in South Africa, before we solve anything, we must first write a 700page document explaining why it was never going to work in the first place.

[00:25:28]So the Madlanga Commission comes in with serious energy. Judges, lawyers, experts, people who look like they can find the truth just by adjusting their glasses slowly.

[00:25:42]Yeah. They sit down and they say, "Oh, we're here to uncover what really happened." Yeah. Meanwhile, South Africans everywhere are watching like, "Oh, we know what happened. We saw it.

[00:25:55]It was even trending on the [ __ ] Twitter."

[00:26:02]But no, the commission says, "Uh, let's not rush. Let's first hear from the witnesses."

[00:26:10]Yeah. And that is when the real show begins because South African commisss are not investigations. They are performances.

[00:26:20]You have witness number one. He walks in confidently adjust the mic and then suddenly he forgets everything.

[00:26:28]Uh do you recall the events of that day?

[00:26:32]Oh my lord. It depends which version are we discussing?

[00:26:41]Witness number two comes in with documents, files, USB drives looking like he's about to expose the entire system. Then halfway through questioning, my lord, I cannot confirm. I was not personally there, but I heard from someone who heard from someone who has since traveled.

[00:27:03]Traveled where? Nobody knows because in South Africa once witness troubles that is it case closed kapoo and then you have the politicians. Ah the politicians they arrive at the commission like it is a red carpet event suit perfectly tailored face completely innocent.

[00:27:29]My lord, I welcome this opportunity to clear my name.

[00:27:35]Yeah. And you're watching at home thinking, clear your name? You build a whole mansion during the investigations.

[00:27:47]But they speak with such confidence you start doubting yourself.

[00:27:52]My lord, I've always acted in the best interest of the people.

[00:27:57]Yeah. Meanwhile, the people are watching from homes with no electricity like so this is the interest we are in.

[00:28:08]Yeah.

[00:28:10]Now let's talk about the real star of any commission. The delay because a commission is not complete without delays.

[00:28:19]Uh we will convene next week.

[00:28:23]Yeah. Next week becomes next month. Next month becomes next year. At this point, even the problem being investigated has moved on.

[00:28:35]You start with one scandal. By the time the reports come out, there are three new scandals and a documentary on Netflix and the report itself. Ah, the report is always terror. Pages and pages of findings.

[00:28:51]uh we have identified procedural irregularities, systematic failure and lack of accountability.

[00:28:59]Yeah. In simple terms, everything was a mess.

[00:29:06]And then comes the recommendations. This is my favorite part. We recommend further investigations.

[00:29:15]Further investigations. That's like going to the doctor and after all the test he says yes you are sick. Let's now investigate why he just took the [ __ ] test.

[00:29:33]Sometimes they recommend disciplinary action but in South Africa disciplinary action is a very very flexible concept.

[00:29:40]It can mean suspension, reassignment, promotion or my personal favorite. We take note of the findings.

[00:29:51]Taking note is the highest level of accountability.

[00:29:58]Now don't get me wrong, commissions like the Manga Commission are very very important. They saw that something is being done and in South Africa perception is 70% of governance. If people feel like uh justice is happening then technically something is happening.

[00:30:19]But here's the real question. Do commissions bring change or do they just bring closer? Because sometimes it feels like uh the goal is not to fix the system. It is to calm the public.

[00:30:32]Uh we hear you, we see you, we have formed a commission. So please relax.

[00:30:39]Yeah, and we do relax until the next crisis.

[00:30:47]But let me be fair, commissions do one very powerful thing. They create a record. They document the truth. And even if nothing happens immediately, one day someone will read that report and say, "Oh, so this is where everything went wrong.

[00:31:06]Of course, by then we will probably be having another commission investigating why we the first commission because in South Africa we don't just repeat history, we investigate it first.

[00:31:24]So the Manga Commission stands as another chapter in a long South African tradition. When things go wrong, we gather the smartest people in a room to explain in perfect English how things went wrong. And honestly, we are very good at that. But fixing the problem, that one we will discuss it in the next commission.

[00:31:47]Welcome back.

[00:31:51]Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Tonight we are talking about a stereotype that has traveled more than most African passports. The idea that if something said is happening somewhere, somehow a Nigerian must be connected. Yes, the Nigerian equals criminal stereotype. A narrative so powerful it has better border access than actual Nigerians.

[00:32:16]Now, let's be honest, this didn't come from nowhere. There are Nigerians involved in crime abroad, fraud rings, cyber scams, drug trafficking, you name it. You name it. But here's where things get intellectually lazy. Instead of identifying individual criminals, people people upgrade the accusation to an entire nationality. It's like seeing one bad pilot and then deciding airplanes are crime syndicate.

[00:32:47]Yeah. And that is where the problem begins because once a stereotype becomes convenient, it stops being questioned.

[00:32:55]It becomes police. It becomes how people are treated at airports, at job interviews, at rental houses. Yeah.

[00:33:03]Suddenly being Nigerian isn't just a nationality. It is treated like a probable cause.

[00:33:12]You land in another African country and immigration officers look at your passport like it just confessed to something.

[00:33:21]Uh papa show visit or relax. I'm just here for a conference, not to reboot the entire black market economy.

[00:33:34]And this is where it gets dangerous because stereotypes don't just sit in people's minds. They influence behavior.

[00:33:41]They justify suspicion. They normalize discrimination. And in extreme cases, they fuel xenophobic violence.

[00:33:50]We have seen it. Soaps looted, businesses banned, people attacked. Not because of what they did, but because of where they are from and the justification.

[00:34:01]Oh, you know Nigerians.

[00:34:05]No, we don't know Nigerians. We know narratives. And narratives are often built on loudest, most sensational stories, not the accurate ones. Mostly because here's the part that doesn't trend. Millions of Nigerians are working honest jobs across Africa and the world.

[00:34:26]Engineers, doctors, teachers, entpreneurs, people contributing quietly, building economies, paying taxes, and raising families. But they don't trend because nobody clicks on Nigerian accountant files taxes successfully 12 years in a row.

[00:34:45]Yeah. And crime crime gets headlines and uh and normal life doesn't.

[00:34:55]So what happens? The exception becomes the identity. Yeah. And let's examine the logic here. If a Ugandan commits a fraud in Nairobi, do we say all Ugandans are scammers? If a South African is involved in organized crime, do we blacklist the entire country? Of course not. That would sound ridiculous.

[00:35:16]Yeah. Yeah. But somehow when it comes to Nigerians, that same flawed reasoning becomes socially acceptable. Why?

[00:35:26]Part of it is scale. Nigeria is massive.

[00:35:29]Over 200 million people. Statistically, you're going to have more of everything.

[00:35:35]More success stories, more failures, more innovation, more crime. It's a basic probability. But instead of understanding that scale, people interpret it as a confirmation of bias.

[00:35:51]Another part is visibility. Nigerian pop culture, business networks and diaspora presence are strong across Africa.

[00:35:59]Nigerians are visible and when you're visible, your mistakes are also visible.

[00:36:05]It's the price of being everywhere. Your reputation travels faster than your context.

[00:36:12]But here's the deeper issue. The stereotype has become a shortcut.

[00:36:16]Instead of addressing the real social economic problems, we law enforcement and crossber crime networks. It's easy to point at their nationality and say that is the problem.

[00:36:31]Yeah, it's not analysis. It's outsourcing responsibility and the consequences are real. A Nigerian entrepreneur struggles to open a business because landlords don't trust him. A student is treated with suspicion in class and a professional has to work twice as hard just to be seen as neutral. Not even excellent job. Just I think he's not a criminal.

[00:36:59]Yeah. Imagine waking up every day knowing you have to disprove a stereotype before even starting your day. That is not just unfair. It is exhausting.

[00:37:13]Now, let's all be clear about something.

[00:37:15]Calling out stereotyping is not the same as denying crime exist. Crime exist everywhere. Nigeria is not exempt. But accountability should be specific, not collective. You punish individuals, not identities. Yeah. Otherwise, you're not fighting a crime. You just redistributing prejudice.

[00:37:37]And here's the irony. Africa talks big game about unity, panafricanism, open borders, continental trade. But at the same time, we are busy profiling each other at the airport like it's an Olympic sport.

[00:37:52]How can we unite Africa? Maybe start by not treating your neighbor like an international suspect because the truth is stereotypes are lazy thinking. They save time but they cost truth. They feel efficient but they produce injustice and once they normalized they become hard to dismantle.

[00:38:15]So what is the alternative? Newance accountability and a bit of intellectual discipline. Judge individuals based on action. Strengthen institutions to deal with the crime properly. And maybe just maybe stop stop turning entire nationalities into character references for criminals.

[00:38:36]Because today it is Nigeria but tomorrow it could be anyone and if Africa keeps exporting stereotypes instead of solutions we will remain united by one thing mutual suspicion that is not a continent that is a group chat with trust issues. Stay stay with me and please don't forget to subscribe we'll be right back. Thank you. Hey, Gilbert here from Let Africa and I just want to say thank you to everyone that has continued to support this channel by subscribing, watching and with those beautiful words of encouragement. And I'm confident with more supports like yours, there's absolutely no limit on how far this channel can go. And for those of you who haven't subscribed, please be a darling and subscribe and let's laugh through the pain together.

[00:39:22]Thank you.

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