The Broken Culture that Prompts Africans to Breed Senselessly

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Why do Africans produce endless babies?

[00:00:05]Is it a net benefit to Africans as Europeans and East Asians slowly go extinct?

[00:00:13]The average fertility rate in Nair is seven children and six in the Dia Congo compared with 1.1 in Italy, 1.3 in Germany and 1.5 in the US. Canada and the UK gained more people through immigration than through birth. Will Africans overwhelm the world in a century's time? Africans consider every child's birth a blessing? Which begs the question, why does God bless them with endless babies but not blessed them with the necessary infrastructure to cater for the endless babies? Has God forsaken Europeans, North Americans, and East Asians? Welcome to the broken culture that prompts Nigerians and many Africans to breed endless babies.

[00:01:19]The broken culture that prompts Nigerians and many Africans to breed endless babies. Welcome to another episode discussing the endless baby production in Africa. Our country in particular Nigeria lost its way a very long time ago. Beginning with the first coup d'etata in 1966. The British left behind a remarkable system of government that reflected our reality. We had a parliamentary democracy based on regional representation where the three largest ethnic groups were divided into regions with smaller ethnic groups subsumed within them. This system could have thrived if it had continued. Under it regional government were led by its leaders who were also members of this group and they had their own parliament which was responsible for passing and enacting laws effectively controlling their own affairs. Every year Nigeria produces about the combined population of Namibia and Botswana or the city of Los Angeles and Chicago combined. About 4 million Nigerians enter the working age group or turn 18 every year with the country creates about 650,000 jobs per year running a severe deficit.

[00:02:34]Consequently, millions of Nigerians enter into the poverty group every year.

[00:02:39]In Nigeria, having children carries different meanings compared to the UK, the US or the West in general. For many Africans, having children is intertwined with family and tradition where values, names, and culture are passed down through generations. This contrasts significantly with the broader perspective influencing why Westerners compared to black Africans choose to have children. In the west, children are raised with an emphasis on independence and individualism. Emotional connections are often prioritized over economic necessity or attachment. In Nigeria, as well as many other African countries or black African cultures, children are commonly viewed as asset. The decision to have children is deeply rooted in cultural, religious, and economic factors. Large families are perceived as blessings. social safety net and sources of labor. There is also a strong emphasis on family continuity and the belief that children will provide prestige and security in old age effectively serving as a form of a pension plan. Additionally, access to birth control is limited and early marriages are quite common. Girls are often nurtured to become mothers rather than pursue careers. While men without children, especially those who are unmarried, face ridicule from the community. For instance, if a man reaches 30 without marrying and starting a family, his family may be deemed as a failure. This ridicule intensify if he is married but only has daughters as there is a perception that boys are more valuable. I have observed families celebrate the birth of their seventh child more than the previous six because the previous six were girls. In this context, female children are often deemed less significant as they are expected to marry and join the husband's kinship, providing little or no support to their birth family. Essentially, they are not perceived as valuable contributors to the family pension plan.

[00:04:54]Some of my male cousins have four, five, six, or even seven children that they can barely afford to feed. There is little to no emotional connection with these children, and many of the fathers do not even know their children's date of birth. This mindset significantly contribute to the alarming birth rate in Africa. If someone has only two children, they often ridiculed and looked down upon. Parents sometimes arrange marriages for male children who have no job and can barely read or write me to ensure the continuation of a cycle of sheer reproduction without any affection or guidance given to those children. When my aunt asked me why I didn't have more children, I explained that I didn't have the finances or the time to care for many children. She thought I'd lost my mind like I just dropped off the skies. As a result, I have become a source of ridicule in my community and among my relatives. When a successful individual with only daughters passes away, the community not only comes to mourn his death, but also to lament what they see as a waste of life. Since female children are often considered less valuable, often the community would visit people with no children or people with only female children to urge them to have sons, warning them that their wealth would be squandered if they died without a may hair. In some African cultures, daughters have no right to inherit their father's asset as they are expected to marry and become part of the husband's family. Then when a successful man dies without any children, moners would spend more time ridiculing and pitying his wasted life of not having any children.

[00:06:46]They would say things like, "Look at all the wealth yet there is no one to enjoy it. Like his death would have been any different if he had children." This is why when the rest of the world brings up the African skyrocketing birth rate, Africans think that they are delusional, plain and simple. Therefore, Africans have children for different reasons than Westerners. The western economic structure and the increasing shift from the old family structure that used to be similar to that in Africa have impacted the birth rate leading to the great extinction of the white race. The men in my culture believe that children will inevitably seek out their fathers. This mindset contribute to the trend of Nigerians having children in various parts of the world and abandoning them without a second thought as many believe that those children will eventually find their father. Unfortunately, there is often no initiative to foster an emotional connection. In my culture, some men even take pride in fathering children indiscriminately. Often they are more like sires than actual fathers.

[00:07:54]Take a look at the chart showing population growth for 10 selected African countries between 2016 and 2026.

[00:08:03]Notably, Nigeria is not even in the top five. Although people talk about Nigeria a lot just because Nigeria has more people, but Nigeria based on the average is not even in the top five. The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a remarkable 45% increase over a decade, just 10 years, followed by Angola with a 38% increase in 10 years. Other countries in the top growth category include Kot Divoir, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya with Ghana preceding Nigeria which ranks ninth with a 25% increase. South Africa comes in 10th. When comparing these figures with these 10 developed countries including China and Russia, we see that Canada, the leader among them, achieved a growth rate of 18.3% which is on par with South Africa, the lowest in the African group. Most of Canada's population growth is attributed to immigrants welcomed through the Canadian resettlement program. Following Canada, the UK shows significant growth, much of which cannot be attributed solely to a high fertility rate among indigenous British people. Between 2020 and 2025, nearly 7 million people migrated to the UK. And from 2016 to 2025, over 3.5 million were added to the UK population through migration. The birth rate among black, Asian and Arab British communities contributed to the remaining growth. The situation in the US is similar. Both the US and the UK have relied heavily on immigration to drive population growth. Without it, their population figures would have seen little to no increase akin to Germany and South Korea. In contrast, Japan has faced a decline, losing 4% of its population over the past decade alone.

[00:10:04]Meanwhile, African countries like the Dia Congo, Angola, Kivvoir, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia have gained between 30 and 45% more people in just 10 years. Nigeria creates about 650,000 jobs annually, but over 4 million people make it into the working age group each year. That's a deficit. Well, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, has warned that Nigeria must create at least 27 million new formal jobs by the year 2030, which is from 2025 to 2030.

[00:10:39]That should be equivalent to 4.5 million jobs annually to prevent unemployment from worsening as the nation's working age population expands to 168 million within the decade. The current PPP GDP of Africa is about $12 trillion, which is greater than the combined GDPs of Canada, the UK, and South Korea at $10.6 trillion. GDP on PPP mainly emphasizes the size of the economy. In contrast, GDP per capita on PPP gives you the average living standard. And finally, nominal GDP dictate an economy's global financial influence based on trade and currency power. Why don't African parents seem to worry that their children will live in poverty and hardship? They often don't see it as a problem. Many believe that through perseverance and the grace of God, something will give. They don't look at statistics like Westerners or East Asians. Their life is characterized by hope and baseless opportunistic adventurism. I had a conversation with my friend Patrick in Frankfurt, Germany.

[00:11:48]He shared that every year he visits Nigeria. His brother's family seems to grow by one child every time he visit.

[00:11:55]At one point, the situation troubled him so much that he asked his brother, "Why do you keep having children you can't feed?" His brother replied, "They are blessings from God." A few days later, one of his brother's sons came to Patrick's house asking for school fees.

[00:12:12]Patrick instructed the boy to tell his father to ask God, who supposedly blessed him with children, for assistance with their school fees. I have paid for the school fees of so many children in Nigeria and across Africa that I can't even keep track. Many people bring children into the world without any foresight about how they will support them. At every opportunity, they tend to beg or act overly submissive towards those whom they consider financially better off. How can one raise a child to become a beggar or to watch their parents manipulate others for resources? This is why I believe our culture and values are broken. The Nigerians you see moving to various countries in search of better opportunities are often victims of parents who had no planning or provision for them. These children are labeled as blessings from a fictional character in the sky with no practical consideration for their future. The Nigerian government has never mentioned, let alone attempted to educate people about the importance of thinking twice before bringing children into the world. Why?

[00:13:25]Because those who do face condemnation or risk being voted out of office. The one idea that seems to unite many Nigerians is the belief that they can have as many children as they want and call it a blessing from God. This mentality creates more impoverished individuals who will eventually seek greener pastures abroad. If you think we're wrong, if you think there was anything we missed, please leave them in the comment section below. And also, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. Thanks for watching.