Unleashing Power from Within: Rejecting the Foreign Aid Farce

Abstract

The article looks inward to reclaim belief systems, practices and a creative ingenuity (represented by the health sciences here) that sustained life on the African continent for centuries. To make the point, I address the controversial issue of aid to Africa, which is increasingly stirring contention between proponents and opponents, and provoking the emergence of a new breed of conscientious African activists who oppose aspects of the process. The essay establishes the connection between debt and the brief reference to traditional African medicine.