What is the real Africa like?

Get up in the morning, ordinary black people without jobs find a place to sit in plastic chairs for a day. There is a job that goes to work by private bus, and the salary is about 150 dollars. Most of them work in shops and factories run by China, Indians, Koreans and whites of the former sovereign state. Sometimes, when a job is hired somewhere, a large number of black people will gather and wait.

Black people with small businesses will also occupy the streets, carrying cauldrons or cartons on their heads and selling water, bread, fruits, shoes and cosmetics ... in short, everything.

Traffic police and police also took to the streets, useless, just blackmail!

Public office is also working, but efficiency ... is really a long story. You won't finish anything without a few days' delay and some hints.

Banks are relatively formal, and all kinds of businesses are well-behaved, but the speed is terrible, and tipping is inevitable. Because there are more and more people in China, many banks employ China employees to receive customers from China.

There are also door-to-door inspections of fire protection, electricity, employee benefits, immigrant passports ... all kinds of inspections! Then, after the prompt, I will say to you affectionately: my friend. ...

At about ten o'clock in the morning, black people take bread or cassava as their staple food, cassava leaves as vegetables, stew fish and occasionally buy a canned fish. Then there is the soup made of rice and beans, sour and refreshing, which makes me want to vomit!

Black people are very lazy ... you can't tell when they are not lazy! They are not only lazy, but also mainly stupid! Many people in China in Africa know that black workers usually disappear for a few days after they get paid, and don't come back to work until the money runs out. Of course, this situation is less now.

Black people are full of lies, regardless of their status, from beggars to officials, and there is almost no truth in their mouths! In order to borrow money, black people who work will say that someone in their family has died. After a long time, you will find that his immediate family has died many times.

This problem is so big that any attempt to express it accurately will be futile.

20 13 March, Hamel women work in the golden sunset. Photo: Wu Wang.

20 17 1 month, a rich man shows his ornaments. Photograph: Wu Wang.

I once knew a documentary producer. When I first met him and mentioned the origin of ancient humans in Africa, my brother gave me a lesson plausibly. Although he doesn't know Australopithecus and homo habilis, it doesn't prevent him from criticizing mercilessly.

20 14 May, photographer Wu Wang was at the recording site of "Shuxiang Beijing" by Beijing TV Station.

A person who has not set foot in Africa has the confidence to talk about and criticize Africa, but can those Africans describe Africa accurately? 20 14 in may, I was invited as a guest and audience to talk about the real Africa on the book "the naive photographer" in Beijing TV station. On the recording day of the program, the TV station also invited two other guests, one is a young teacher from a university who once went to Africa and wrote a book, and the other is a dark-skinned friend from Cameroon, West Africa. This friend has a bright future. According to himself, he has been in China for more than ten years and knows martial arts. Of course, Mandarin is also a lever. This dark-skinned friend thinks he is an expert on African issues. He thinks that only he can express the real Africa. When I talked about the rapid development of education in Ethiopia in recent years, my dark-skinned friend immediately expressed disdain and firmly denied it. At that time, if we didn't follow his train of thought, it would be basically impossible. The host was puzzled by this question, so I turned to him and asked him, "Mr. Jaeger, have you been to Ethiopia?" Without thinking, he replied, "Of course, I have been there many times." I then asked, "Mr. Jaeger, can you tell me where you have been?" As I expected, this dark-skinned African friend was temporarily speechless. Cameroon is a French-speaking country in West Africa, while Ethiopia is an East African country, speaking Amharic and English. The distance between them is over 3000 kilometers. This Mr. Jaeger is a typical black race, while the race in Ethiopia is more complicated.

20 14 1, photographer Wu Wang made a field trip to the rift valley in East Africa. Photography: Abibe.

Needless to say, the three of us describe Africa completely differently.

I am in Rwanda, Africa. I watched Wolf Warriors 2 with some friends, and the big man's eyes were wet.

For example, wars in movies do exist in some African countries, but only a few.

In most African countries, law and order are really bad. People in China try not to go out at night and drive when they go out. South Africa, with the worst public security, may even be robbed while driving. There are other infectious diseases such as AIDS and malaria in Africa, and there are also many poor places. People are still struggling for food and clothing, even lack of water.

But Africa is huge and multifaceted. The big cities in Africa are also very modern and western. There are KFC, supermarket chains, high-rise buildings, and rich people are also luxury cars and mansions. The gap between the rich and the poor in Africa is very large.

If you have really been to Africa, you may like this land. Risks and opportunities coexist, and many China people have started businesses in Africa and made a fortune.

Encourage each other with African compatriots: pay attention to safety, take care of yourself, lead an honest and clean life and have a successful career!

1. clothes, that is, clothes. The poor are dressed in rags, so to speak, clothes are uncovered, and many children have no shoes to wear and are naked. As for the rich, they wear all kinds of famous brands, and it is not too much to wear a suit and tie. Lv He is also very common, and so on.

2. vegetables are vegetables. The staple food of the poor is corn flour, which is transliterated as "gunk" here, accompanied by small vegetables, rotten dried fish, beef and mutton, which they rarely can afford. Rich people drink foreign wine, eat steak and bread, and often go to Chinese restaurants for Chinese food. This is remarkable, and there is a big gap in this respect.

3. live, that is, the house. Many poor people's houses are made of thatch and plastic bags. In China's view, they can only provide shelter from the wind and rain, and the role of shelter from the wind and rain is very limited. And the whole family (husband and wife and 4567 children) are crowded together. This kind of housing conditions can be imagined. Rich people live in hundreds of square meters of villas, hundreds of square meters of big yards, flowers and plants, more than a dozen rooms, and special nannies, which are very comfortable. Because our company has frequent contact with some local rich people and government officials, we know more clearly.

4. Well, it's tourism. Poor people usually go out, 0-5 kilometers, usually walk, reluctant, or have no money to take a bus. Rich people usually have cars when they travel. If government officials come to our company and they don't want to drive, we have to drive to pick them up.

This is an analysis from the aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and then from the economic and political aspects.

1. Economy. Africa's economy is supported by abundant natural resources, such as mineral resources, forest resources, oil resources or fishery resources. The economic development model is single and the ability to resist risks is weak. For example, our company is engaged in ore mining and smelting. Once the contract between our company and the government expires, most local employees will lose their jobs.

2. politics. There is a common problem in Africa, that is, political stability is not strong, especially when the president changes, the whole society is in chaos, beating, smashing and looting. I saw a lot when I was on a business trip. The reason is that the country is weak, and the big countries are behind it. Whoever can bring more benefits to the big country behind him can control the political power and the country.

The above is what I have experienced and understood, the real Africa. If there is any inaccuracy, please point it out and communicate at any time. Thank you.

Africa is very big, and there are great differences in economic and social development, so it is impossible to generalize.

There are different classes in the same country, poor and rich.

I have personally been to Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Tanzania in Africa.

Let's send out some Eritrean street beats tonight, and then add them slowly.

A hurried pedestrian in front of the church

Children on the school bus

Dust sweeper

In front of the church

African students practice Tai Chi.

The real Africa may not be recognized by most people. Most people who have never been to Africa see poverty in Africa on TV or in newspapers. In fact, we China people go to work in Africa, mostly in African cities. So today I will talk about the real situation in Africa related to the people of China.

1. The temperature in real African cities is suitable, and the seasons are like spring. Many cities in Africa are built at an altitude of 1000 meters to avoid the heat and summer, so they are like Kunming all year round. The temperature is suitable, the trees are lush, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Especially in China, people live in rich areas with good environment, clean and quiet. Suitable for human habitation. The leader of our group has been to Canberra, Uganda, and lived in our residence, saying that this place is suitable for the aged. In the morning, a group of birds are chirping in the yard. Man and nature live in harmony.

2. The real gap between the rich and the poor in Africa. In Africa, most assets are actually in the hands of Indian and Pakistani businessmen. Indian businessmen are the most powerful people with the most wealth in Africa. It can be said that Indians have controlled the economic lifeline of Africa, infiltrated all aspects of Africa and integrated into the local society. Africa enjoys the highest reputation among Indians. So when you do business in Africa, you will find that your customers are basically businessmen from India and Pakistan. Black people just work for these businessmen. The richest customers are these African Indians.

And these rich people are as good as those in China. Drive a luxury car and live in a villa. There are several servants in the villa. You can travel to Europe at any time.

The vast majority of black people are at the bottom of society, earning only a few dollars a day for food and clothing. Black and white-collar workers working in Indian companies, China companies and European companies are about 1000 RMB a month. The price in Africa is 2-3 times higher than that in China. So black people basically have no worries about food and clothing. I can't afford the buildings in the city. And can only live in a very humble house.

Of course, local government officials are all black, but African officials are not paid well, so corruption is rampant. Of course, only a few key departments and powerful government officials can be corrupt. Most government civil servants just have enough food and clothing.

By the way, more than 99% of black students studying in China live in simple houses in Africa, and they can't afford to buy buildings at all.

3. Real African black men and women behave too casually and lead chaotic lives. African men and women have little sense of responsibility for their families. Life is indulgent, and men and women are free. Black people have no sense of responsibility for their families and disappear every once in a while to find the next relationship. So there are many black runs in Africa. And women don't care, there are many single mothers, and many single mothers don't know who their father is.

4. Stealing by real African blacks is particularly common. It is impossible to stop black people from stealing. How to prevent black people from stealing is a science in Africa. A negligence will be stolen. How to guard against theft is a compulsory course for anyone who goes to Africa from China.

There are many infectious diseases in Africa, such as yellow fever, malaria, dengue, AIDS, leprosy, sleeping sickness, meningitis, cholera and tuberculosis. Especially malaria, commonly known as pendulum. Mosquito bites spread from person to person. Malaria has disappeared in China, but it is still very serious in Africa. Many people in China have had malaria in Africa. People who have never been to Africa are not considered to have been to Africa. China residents who have basically been to Africa have suffered from malaria.

Of course, there is AIDS, and Africa accounts for 10-20%. But as long as you lead an honest and clean life, nothing will happen.

I have worked in Africa for four years and go to Africa on business every year. This is the real Africa I know. I don't know what you think about this. Welcome to write it in the comments.

There are still many people struggling to fill their stomachs!

Recently, I watched a documentary made by Koreans. If it wasn't specially signed, I thought it was taken decades ago!

But in fact, this documentary was actually filmed between 20 17 and 2020.

This documentary shows the true face of the vast rural areas in many African countries: most people only have enough food and clothing, and at least 1/4 of the elderly or children have to rush for the next meal every day.

One of the pictures was very impressive: due to the death of his parents, 12-year-old brother shouldered the burden of a family of four with immature shoulders.

In order to support his 8-year-old sister, 7-year-old brother and another 3-year-old brother, this 12-year-old black boy goes to the brick kiln factory to carry bricks every day, from morning till night. He can only get less than two kilograms of corn flour in a hard day.

And these white corn flour were eaten up after being taken home for a meal. When they got up the next morning, they had to go out to work on an empty stomach to stutter.

The next day, due to the rain, the brick kiln factory stopped working, and the little brother at home cried with hunger. The little boy had no choice but to lick his face and borrow a ladle of corn flour from his neighbor's house to satisfy his hunger.

Although the neighbors helped, they also made it clear that you should not ask for anything in the future.

Because they borrow food from their neighbors too many times, and their neighbors live in the most primitive nests of straw and mud. There are old people and several children at home, so it is very difficult to support the family by her husband alone.

What I want to talk about here is African women. As long as the husband can still work, he has been cooking with his children at home, and there are few opportunities to go out to make money to help supplement the family.

It is not that they are too lazy, but that there are no job opportunities in the countryside and it is too far to go to the city. Even bicycles are luxury goods, and most of what they can do is to cultivate land for landlords, because Africa is backward in industrialization, with few factories and no job opportunities at all.

Moreover, it will take a lot of time to prepare the corn paste that the family wants to eat, because corn flour needs to be ground by hand, and it needs to be cooked slowly in a pot with a fire, and it needs to be stirred constantly during the cooking process.

Africa is really backward and very poor.

Another video said that almost all the children in a village had a strange disease: when the children grew up slowly, their legs began to deform and degenerate, and then they died slowly.

At first, only a few children were like this, and then all the children became like this. In our opinion, it is incredible, but it has not attracted the attention of the local government at all, and the nearby hospitals are also very simple, and there is no reason at all.

And all this pain is borne by these children and their parents!

Even more surprising, through this documentary, we can also find that in most rural areas of Africa, there are many strange diseases, many of which we have never seen or imagined.

It is this video that fundamentally changed my view of Africans: not everyone is lazy, on the contrary, most people are working hard for the food in their mouths.

What is even more desperate is that the medical conditions in Africa are extremely poor, and many diseases cannot be detected at all.

The income of the local people is pitifully low, and the family income is only a few hundred yuan a month, but the price level is almost the same as that of our country.

Moreover, almost all the land is occupied by landlords. Most farmers don't even have their own houses. Some young couples even rent shacks made of mud because they have no land and can't build their own houses.

Although many places have set up schools, the educational environment is very simple. Many children can't even afford the lunch provided by school. In some places, there will be normal houses built by international organizations, but many of them are simple sheds, and some are almost teaching under trees.

The learning content is also very simple, but there are still many children who insist on learning and hope to change their destiny through knowledge. But in fact, they can only learn some superficial knowledge through these public education, and they can't even learn simple English conversation.

Writing here, we must thank our great motherland and great party for their sacrifices and efforts for the happy life of the people.

Without their sacrifice, I believe that ordinary people can't live such a rich life now.