Added: 2 years ago
From: PoliticalKhaya
Views: 4,413
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:

All Comments (156)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Well i think it's a wrong thought, to think that SA make more money than the rest of African countries cos Nigeria for example is way richer in terms of the amount of money made by both countries every year .

  • @PoliticalKhaya, you should be an international ambassador. You're a very good speaker. I love your voice. As an African-American, I usually hate most African accents, but I like your accent. As for the topic of this video, it's interesting to learn how South Africans think about other Africans. Being American, it's strange to hear that mindset, because what Africans call a country, we (in America) call a state. It's so strange how different each African country is from another.

  • What is occurring everybody????

    We're all amazed about how a gorilla like you manages to mimic the life of a human being

  • @hugobossdb shut up

  • south african blacks need to compenstate the whites for building there country ,no where else in africa is as nice and as advanced . they literraly got it for free and are now in the process of destroying it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • SA is better than the rest of africa because of the long history of white rule.

  • @fringeelements some African nations are doing better then SA 

  • This is rubbish for South African's to think they are better than other African nations, it okay but you guys still have the worst disease mankind ever experience HIV . White people still control your minds, you all still struggle and live in slums despite the Western influences you all got.

  • lol this is so retarded. i think south africa is the epitome of how people view africa.

    - you have the worst disease affecting most of your population

    - a lot of black people are poor

    - worst crime rate

    i dont see how you can see south africa as seperate from the rest of africa lol.

    the only difference i see between south africa and the rest is pretty much the economic situation and you have some more development but thats it lol

  • Comment removed

  • wish you could be in first world to think so

  • lol nice. going to africa. one day i will get over there.

  • Wealthy African Economy are in countries like Botswana, South Africa, Gabon, Namibia, Nigeria, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea but Botswana and Gabon has the strongest currency in Africa...Namibian

  • Fuck this guy is thick

  • We americans do believe that we're in competition with other countries, it's just that south africa isn't even close to making the list!

  • ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzz­zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

  • u are a great monkey man..with u stupid raster..u have nothing and just war without whites there, hide ya self nr monkey

  • How ca u say SA is better than other countries of AFRICA ,while there are lots of people who live in poverty, dont have food and houses,?how can you think like that, it is too much crime and corruption, you say the country is the best,are you insane?Take a look around before you come here and make stupid vidios,!

  • I used to think highly of your country until I visited. It is full of disgruntled people, racist whites and poor blacks sleeping on highways. Botswana, Mauritius and the Seychelles are much better off than you guys. Concrete monoliths built in the 1970s and highways clogged with traffic doesn't equate to "better" development.

  • @Thebephatshwa

    you can say that again

  • .. I'm south African & I'l tell yOu this.. Stop  uploading BULLsh!T videos on YOUtube Political ~Khaya.. Your topic Sucks rather find somethin else to moan about >

  • Nationalism isn't solely a westernized feature. Its everywhere. Humans like to wrap ourselves around an identity and think we're better.

    I'm american, and I see america in competition with others, but also as a team with other countries.

  • You guys think your better? I'm black American and from the crime rate and racial problems SA really doesn't seem that great to me. Botswana and Gabon are actually listed as more developed than you guys. Though I now they have problems too. However, the problems about SA that I mentioned above make those other places better off to me.

  • I'm American. I would agree with the comments in the vid. I would add that the U.S. is geographically large also. I have lived and worked in many states, but never left U.S. soil. Our neighbors (Canada and Mexico) are still a long distance from where I live. If I lived in a tiny country, I think I would visit my neighbors often.

  • Wow this guy is narrow minded! How can he claim he is better than anyone? He just bums his money off mommy and daddy and calls that superiority...

  • Comment removed

  • This is why i stopped watching khayav's vids, hes a complete idiot who wants to impress god knows who, i just stumbled upon this vid because it was suggested to me. As a Zimbabwean, this guy is a complete idiot. S.A is a bubble waiting to pop, mark my words, while zim is now steadily recovering, what hapenned there will be nothing compared to what awaits S.A. In Zim youngsters are taught education is the way out of poverty. Afro-americans believe in arts and spor. In South Africa crime.

  • Comment removed

  • WE ALL HAVE A COMMON ENEMY ITS THAT GODDAMN PINK BEAST. ITZ A DAMN SHAME NOT TO KNOW MUCH OF THE HISTORY OF AFRICA AND LIVE THERE. THE EUROPEANZ MUST B DELT WITH. AFRICAN POWER! LETS LINK UP AND SEND THAT BEAST BACK TO ITS CAVES

  • While in England, I overheard a group of people saying, "we are going to Europe for holiday", LOL. It is interesting to see this occur between South Africa and the rest of the African continent.

  • @jkf10311984

    In this case it's justified as one can consider the British isles as not part of the European continent.

  • @jkf10311984 Yes, but I thnk that's more to do with the fact that the UK, being an isle/island, is separate from the rest of mainland Europe.

  • shut up u crack eater, black monkey, take the whites out and even left u with those whites company, if u monkeys will not fall in some weeks..Nigeria is far better than south africa...im talking about black south africans

  • You south africans are dillusioned, SA has the best economy in Africa at the moment because of the large amount of white owned businesses, if all whites left SA today and Julius Malema becomes your president, your country will fail apart and join the rest of Africa...

  • the white controlled infrastructure is what he is talking about..

  • South Africa is NOT better than the rest of Africa.

    S. Africa has the 2nd highest murder rates in the world, and they have the highest rates of rape. Robberies, and carjackings happen frequently. S. African government and police are corrupt.

    33% of females in S. Africa have been raped. 25% of S. African males have raped at least once. S. Africa has the highest incidences of child and baby rape. Many S. Africans believe that they can get rid of the AIDS virus by raping virgins.

  • @TranCendenZ exactly !

  • @TranCendenZ South Africa only has the high official crime rates because it's advanced enough to document such things. You can't actual believe places like DR Congo, Somalia, etc., etc. genuinely have less crime than South Africa. That's ludicrous. It's just this countries don't have the abilities nor the openness of information to report and document such things. In this way, South Africa is ahead of many other African nations. Yes, there is no denying crime is a national crisis in South Africa

  • @gunner49arsenal What about the High HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, high illiteracy rates especially among you the black South Africans? Botswana and Gabon are actually much better in all aspects compared to South Africa, not to mention Arab Africa.The truth is that South Africa is going downhill as many White South Africans are trying to prove. Crime, unemployment and all has risen.By the way I am a Zambian national.

  • @TranCendenZ However, at least South Africa is at a point in its development as a nation where it can recognize these issues and begin to tackle them. That is, of course, assuming the ANC because accountable one of this days, which I am warily optimistic about with the protests occurring and beginning of dissent from trade unions and (slightly) more competitive political parties.

  • Love all of Africa.

  • I am not ignorant about what the rest of the world does and often look to Europe for ways that Americans can reform health care and improve mass transit and housing development. The American cultural mindset, or "American Dream" of owning a 5 bedroom house and 3 cars will prove to fail both Americans and the rest of the world because the reliance on imported oil and goods will prove disastrous for our economies to support such a lavish lifestyle.

  • America is the same, we don't see ourselves as "North American", we assume Canada is worse than us because they have more socialist policies and we see Mexico as worse than us because of the poverty and crime, but we are more interconnected than we will admit. I DO feel like we are in competition with other countries as an American.

  • haha so funny, if i say "european race" or "proud white", i am evil and shit, but you, black brothers, never hesitate to express how proud you are to be black and africans. and it's considered to be KEWL

  • @winghun I mean you can't blame that on us. Nothing is wrong with being proud of your history & ppl. Blame racist whites in the past for that. This white dude was complaining about this video about Brazilian black pride. I told him he should be proud of being whtie just like other races. I clicked on his video and it ws a bunch of Nazi shit -_-. Most white ppl just make up for it by saying I love being Irish, British, German, etc. Nothing is wrong with it, white supremacist just ruin it.

  • Comment removed

  • Wow the Boers certainly did a fantastic brainwashing job on you guys! Thing is MOST other Africans don't see you guys as 'real' Africans, because we can't understand why, with all your 'exposure' to the Europeans and their ways, you guys are STILL so far behind them, then have the nerve to feel you ARE them, when you're with other Africans.....but we just laugh at your seemingly inferiority complex, because really that's all it boils down to.

    PEACE!

  • i was beginning to like you man! till i saw this vid. so u S.A blacks think u 'r' better than us huh! and then after u have the balls to talk abt black Americans and what they think of Africans...lol i don't wanna go outta line here though namean...Am from Ghana and me and my Nigerian and other west Africans are really proud to be Africans....we are better looking than you guys though if i may add...Mandella should be really sad if he new this was what he fought for man...u juz had to 'F' IT UP

  • @GHblessed Please dont listen to him, he is an idiot, I am SA citizen, tell u what we have too much problems,there are people who sleep without food.

    , there are places wich are bad , l dont even know how to explain, and this boy comes here and makes a stupid vidio that SA is the best.l just feel sorry for him, cause he is stupid.

  • keep the weed incontact and stop talking shit here..u said ya self u have not been in any other african countries..pls take this video outta here..this shows how black sSA are real monkeys

  • It's all a part of the global caste system. I find it may places around the world. Within our own cultures people who resemble Euros are put on a pedestal. Just not black people either. We do this to ourselves - we can't blame white people for that. We have to fix this disgusting practice ourselves. If you don't, shit like Rwanda happens. We hurt ourselves. Black Americans like me, especailly have a problem with this issue.

  • " i really don't know much about african history" yet you are black living in Africa. Do you think it makes you special or superior to other africans?? oh,! i see now you are those white africans!! what kind of history do they teach the blacks in SA? European history? The same african nations they look down upon are the ones who were on the negotiation table trying to help end apartheid. Your likes are a disgrace to the african race. Have a nice time licking and kising asses uncle Tom.

  • Black SA who think they are better than other african countries should SURELY WAKE UP!! realise that they are NOTHING without the minority whites/indians runing almost everything in that country. What have they (blacks in SA) ever achieved than jumping into bandwagon of achievers? They should respect the hardworking african nations who are facing many problems but atleast are trying to build their economy on their own and not sitting with lazy asses waitng for a white man to do the job.

  • @dlrav I know right. SA was a settler colony that was allowed to develop for centuries while so many other African states were under imperialism. I remember Khaya making a video about SA whites job discriminating. I kept thinking why don't black ppl like you save money, invest, and START your own businesses! Especially when a lot of Euros do not care and will NEVER help! A lot of African nations like Ghana, Botswana, etc have done a lot to develop by themselves after colonialism.

  • @dlrav at least Black SOuth Africans have evolved and dont practice Female Genital Cutting on thier women like most other African nations do

  • @JadaBlaze02 but most SA men have raped in SA they lead in child and female rape...

  • @creolelady70 The African Country with the most rapes is Zaire in Central Africa, Black South Africans have a sense of unity and dont fight over tribes like most other Africans do, also South Africa doesnt recruit Child Soldiers like in Sierra Leone and Liberia

  • @JadaBlaze02 Sounds like it's a problem in a few African countires, because s Africa has a huge problem with "corrective" rape of lesbians and children.. this is all over the Major papers of the world...

    I love my African brothers and sisters, but these stories are just heartbreaking and sickening.

  • hey Khaya do you know what an Uncle Tom is?look in the mirror.i thought you were smarter than that but hey thanks for sharing your stupidity with the entire world.don't forget to send flowers to every euro African for upgrading you to an Uncle Tom.

  • Khaya Bro,I like most of your analytical posts,but this is just downright stupidity and an ignorant frame of thinking on your part,and that of the other south African's who are like minded.C'mon Son?

  • khaya

    I thought you were i clever guy but anyway. Can you tell me why SA is more advance than any African country? If not never mind you will just confirm my answer. And the whole world as i live in uk is starting to say we know why "Apartheid" was there..lol. And im married to lady of colour and are not racist at all..lol

  • its like how people say "animals" like we arent animals, or "the environment" like we arent part of it. i found myself saying "they" when referring to women, and i am a female.

    hmmmm.

  • i dont think africa really has a history. or to put it differently no one cares about african history.

  • 1 billion africans care about african history!!

  • I'm a Brit and I'm fascinated by Africa and its history! So fascinated that I hope to move to South Africa very soon :D

  • I've been there an it's crime ridden. Nice country to visit but trust me, you wouldn't want to live there.

    They need to sort the crime out.

  • Alexdurrant7: Are you crazy? You need to look at the actual crime statistics of South Africa.

    S. Africa has the 2nd highest rates of murder and the highest rates of rape. According to the Medical Research Council in June 2009, 25% of S. African males have raped, and 33% of S. African females have been raped. S. Africa has the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world.

  • Projections of superiority are common place in S.A . Its interesting that the credentials for this superiority are the perception that S.A is a 'westernised' society.A little Developed...yeah....westenised­...noo ....thats a bit of hard sell. The whites in S.A are very africanised( whether they r concious of it or not)...the blacks erroneously view this 'white africanisation' as westernism. so there you have it-- confusion!!

  • I can apply for brilliant logic to the Euro trash who make it a sport to hate on America and talk shit. You make a lot of sense Khaya. Those schmucks can't understand how the poor Irish, Italians, Germans, ect... Became better then them so they gotta hate. Its kinda of like the rich good looking guy in your h.s. class who got all the girls you saw them as better then you and you hated them for that. Covering up an inferiority complex with a superiority complex with some hate. U rock Khai

  • Easy your stupid.

  • thanks for the insight.

  • I think that most americans lack experience with overseas travel and cultures beacuse of the geographical boundaries in place. The cost involved in traveling to Europe, Asia and Australia; and the percieved danger of travel to Africa and the Middle East; combined with the distances involved make it more comfortable to stay home - or to travel within the already very large US.

    This does seem to have the unfortunate effect of elitist or exclusionary attitudes, but it is not a deliberate crime.

  • Your point about this separation from the rest of Africa because of ideology - particularly the high degree of westernization of SA is interesting and I am sure valid.

    Sadly, I might agree with your statement that a lot of americans (I am one) would agree that the US is the 'best' country - I do not necessarily share this view as it as the statement needs to be more specifically qualified as in "best in what respect".

    (continued)

  • Africa is a CONTINENT and South Africa is a COUNTRY. The point of that seperation may be in part to your view of ourselves being supercilious and above-the-rest so to speak. But also, to dismiss the American viewpoint which is echoed by the rest of the world in a sheepish manner in lumpsumming us into one AFRICA. Shit, if one can distinguish Englishmen from Germans then why not South Africans from Namibians. It's a glib topic quite frankly

  • Everytime I click on one of this guy's vids, I regret it immediatly later.

    20 sec max into the vid I feel like my IQ has gone down 100 pts.

  • I agree, hes a complete wanker i use to love it when raindr use to rip this guy into shreds,

    but i feel as though i have to give him(KAYA) the benifit of the boubt, but now mabye he will see how fucked up ghana is compared to sa, and realise that he is on a distruction path with his own ideologies..

  • south africans are ignorant about africa but they is alot to be gained by learning about african history it really is amazing. africans are the creaters of everything imaganable.

  • It's soo strange to me hearing a South African say "it will be my first time going to S.A", and "I don't know much about African history."

  • Without whites you wouldn't even wear civilized clothes. Without whites you wouldn't speak English. Without whites you wouldn't have a camera and internet. Without whites you would be yet another zulu negro from zimbabwe, carrying spears, having piercings and cook humans in large pots like all the negroes.

  • By reading yur comment i come to the conclusion that yu dont know a lt about history , let me tell you something yu white ignorant pig (like the egyptians used to called yu ) , without black people you wouldnt exist , you would nt speak english because the first man was black and it is because a black man was first that you are today , all the technologies you are speaking about let me tell you that with out the roman empire to civilize your ancestres you wouldnt have them,u ignorant swine

  • When your ancestres were walkings on theirs knees in europe with tatoo on their faces , still doing sacrifice and killing each others , waiting for the roman empire ( civilized by the greek (civilized by the egyptians)) to come and teach them not to eat their shits , in africa black people were building pyramides and high technological ithems that yu white pigs are still strugeling to build , so enjoy in silene this precious gift (life) that black people gave to your albinos pigs ancesters lool

  • Bullshit. The whites built pyramids. The whites invented everything. Whites invented Arabic language. Whites invented gunpowder. Whites invented rap music. Whites invented technology. Whites invented everything because we are great, handsome, intelligent and modest. Now fuck off, dirty little negro.

  • the only thing the white invented is destruction and misery to the others people , you are the race of the devil man , looooool , so stop beeing so white and ugly and do like all yur relative and get off to the see side to tan your dirty skin , i can smell the chicken from here you white albinos pig leprose loooool

  • As long as you fail to see that the world belongs to whites you should shut up. Africa, The Mid-East, Asia and South-Europe all consume white products. Without a white man, they wouldn't survive. Cars, TV's, airplanes, mobile phones, video game consoles, motor cycles, rap music, clothing, exotic food, belly dancing, all those things are invented and produced by the blonde blue-eyed white man. Without them, you wouldn't have any of those things.

  • what on earth are yu talking about , im gone leave a last message for an ignorant person that yu are , yu are not at my level , loool all the new technology comes from asia , is not for a reason that china is the new economical power , ameica belong to china , tv ps3 cars and everyhting , it is predicted that in 50 years time your relatives pigs would be a minority in the world because little penis like you cant fuck a woman decently that`s why many gays are from europe ,

  • White homosexuals don't exist, those are all black. The new economy is America. All that is needed is to snatch some oil country and we can continue the journey for another 300 years. You're too dumb to understand that.

  • it is also why yur mother and sister prefer black dicks , in africa we will be billions in 50 years without including the blacks from america and south america , yur time as come white devil , your undergroung is empty , whereas africa dispose of 30 per cent of the natural ressources in the world , loool , you are the living proof that white people are stupid yu dont even have enough knowledge to talk with me just enjoy yur last century , soon enough yu will be a minority in yur own country

  • all the natural resources to build new technology comes from africa even uranium comes from africa , all the empire have to colapse one day , and the occidental civilization is about to collapse , so enjoy while yu still can loool , yu are soon an ethnic minority in this world , loooooooll

  • modjuye, you speak utter trash! The funniest bit is that you spout it all from the white man's back yard - the United Kingdom!

    Best you shut that ignorant pie-hole of yours before you make yourself look even more stupid.

  • first of all yes i study in england united kingdom , what`s wrong with that ? i only take that comment as the expression of your jalousy , plus , yYOU are the ignorant in the story you are so running out of argument to defend your ideas that you have to use insults , maybe yu should come to england to study as well .

  • I brought that up to demostrate just how far out of reality you are with regard to the situation in Africa. You're nowhere near it.

    I finished my primary school studies years ago. Part of those studies included the use of proper spelling and grammar - something you need to urgently address. Ask the people at the white man's place of education to give you a couple of pointers there because I'm afraid that's not something you'll be able to blame on apartheid and slavery from 350 years ago.

  • @28340982 What kind og drugs you on?

  • Honey,, what the fuck are you on?

  • @28340982 i like ya comment my brother..im from cameroon..im black but not happy about our retardation

  • And to finish when all the africans country will have freed theirselves from the imperialism and the neocolonialisme that is desastrous for our progress , we wont forget all those traitors that feel superor , that doesnt feel african such as the arabic invaders from the north and the black traitors from south africa .

  • today the ignorance of many south african push them to be xenophobre towards the others african which is a shame , today i would rather live in senegal than in sa , SA is devasted by AIDS , violence , they have even have elected a ignorant president ,many south african dont know but they are stil havent freed themselves from the white men enslavement like sekou toure said one day i prefer poovrety in liberty than opulency in slavery

  • Shit talker deluxe!

    white men enslavement?! PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE!

  • Of course ENSLAVEMENT , since the majority of blacks people in SA still work in the whitesmen farms , houses and company , the ANC dream has failed , today nearly 65 per cent of black people are extremely poors in SA these are FACTS , the unemployment is 40 per cent in the black population , it`s a complete disastre , so i think the bulshitter and ignorant in the story is YOU , please inform yu before talking rubbish , you are not in my level LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • Maybe you should take a closer look at the ANC to see why that is, brightspark. Ask Khaya, I'm sure he can enlighten you. The fat cats in the upper echelon of the ANC are lining their pockets and stealing left, right 'n' center.

    This month the new minister of comms bought himself 2 top of the range 750 ILs with all the perks to name but ONE example.

    Also Zuma has spent +R50 mil on the FENCING for his KZN mansion alone. Estimated further R230 million on his own home the TAXPAYERS' expense.

  • All of this after having promised the people a better life.

    The ANC has tried to take the "easy" route in the form of AA and BEE - something that is failing DISMALLY. All this instead of focus on education and bringing in skills from the ground up.

    So go on blaming the white man for the gross shortcomings of your African leaders. It's not like we expect anything less.

    And you're right - I sure as shit am not your level. Don't ever fucking forget it.

  • regarding south africa it is even worth , some says white people still have a strong influence on south african politicals choices , which is true , i would rather be a cameroonian , be master of my destiny than a sotuh african still be controlled by the white people , the south africans are the ones that should be the less proud , everyhting part i say every single part of south africa has been built by the white people ,

  • I've been reading your comments it seems you talk a lot of ignorant things yourself lol

  • White people still have a strong influence in South African politics? Haha! What are you on? I want some.

  • of course , if SA still have a economy that is working is because after the ANC won the election they have expulsed all the africans from others african countries , and done everything to beg the whites men that used to treat them like shit to stay in order for their economy to work properly , before the apartheid 87 per cent of land belonged to the whites today 80 per cent of agricultural land in SA still belong to white people , so whites people still run the country IN YUR FACE looooool

  • yu? yur? loooooool? Are you retarded?

    Look at just how successful those other countries are now, you numbskull. I'm willing to bet that someone like Robert Mugarbage is your number one hero. Good thing your ignorant ass is in England or you'd be bang in trouble.

  • Yes, they produce food. It doesn't matter who produces the food. Other African countries got rid of white farmers and got worse.

  • The kind of comment you make spews from a mindset which "is a shame for the whole of africa ". It is uneducated. Get "rid of the white men"! What does that mean? Like "cockroaches" were got rid of in Rwanda? I'm so sick of kneejerk racism from Africans. Your bigotry has blinded you. Your comments are not accurate. That mindset is the same that allows dictators to stay in power for their own thievery and to hell with the people, the same kind of mentality that still votes for the dictator!

  • I can tell you this son, you are just the most stupid guy youtube has ever seen.

  • it is very funny what we ear here both from comments and the video , some says ivory coast is better , forgetting that ivory coast was built by french people , everyone was speaking about the ivorian miracle whereas 50 000 french were at the head of it

  • thanks khaya this is one of the better videos ive seen you do.

  • Oh And Nigerians feel the same way too out here in the states.

  • kenyans I;ve noticed In America have the same complex.

    And now your boy Ol' barrack makes it even solid.

  • Spot on, Khaya. Richer, globally influential, with better infrastructure, etc., yes. Better, not necessarily.

  • The Whites built excellent infrastructure.Mandela was not bitter or vengeful and did not behave like Mugabe.Many comparatively richer African states like Nigeria were brought down by corruption and nepotism.

  • Sa is definitely the most western and biggest African country.But dont be fooled.Other African countries would achieve that and more in the next 10yrs.Many African states are waking up.

  • have you seen abidjan?that is why most of you SA fucks are stupid.visit north africa and see real shit.you have been lied to all these years.compare capetown to abidjan

  • I hope so!

  • I think the only thing SA has better than the rest of Africa is infrastructure and bigger economy.That would not be the case in the next 10 years.Many massive African countries are waking up.I know Ghana and Nigeria are.

  • Well Khaya, I cannot blame you for thinking that way. South Africa is of course an economic powerhouse on the African continent.

    Many African emigrate to South Africa despite the high crime rates because it is much easier to find a job and attain a higher standard of living.

    Some African heads of states seek medical services from South Africa.

    South Africa does seem a lot different fro the rest of Africa also adding the fact that South Africa is more diverse ethnically than

  • many other African countries.

    Zimbabweans had the same superiority complex before their economy crashed.

    The fact that South Africa stands out from the rest of the continent will make people have this same complex. It cannot really be helped.

  • Their is an African adage that goes as thus. ' IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANOTHER MAN'S FARM, YOU WILL BELIEVE YOUR FATHERS FARM IS THE BIGGEST'. All I have to say is that you will be shocked at how developed some African countrries you tend to underestimate are....

  • isteresting!

  • But South Africa IS better than the rest of Africa. Even the way it is today.

  • Some day Ghana will catch up with your country. I am from the US and learned a lot about Ghana from You Tube. Ghana is doing well and they even have an American super market called "Shop-rite"

  • I always thought Shop-rite was a South African franchise like Game stores.

    Shop-rite is also there in poorer African countries like Zambia and Malawi.

  • I have seen that a lot during my time in South Africa. You mentioned two things which caught my attention; First South Africa being more westernized then other countries. I think it's yes and no considering the lifestyle of some people but it is not that generalised. I think we often confuse industrialization with westernization and ultimately not being African which are different things.

  • Wanting to emulate others should not necessarily extend to things such as culture. And that's the second point some people in South Africa are not interconnected with the rest of the continent. It's quite interesting that some music styles are not reffered to their place of origin, such as coupe decale as being Ivorian music, but are rather seen as African. As long as what's happening culturally outside of SA is perceived as exotic and having no links with it, this mentality will prevail.

  • I am asking myself if the world cup will have an African flavor which reflects all parts of the continent or if people will only try to reflect a South Africa that sees itself as different. The World cup is supposed to be South Africa's but Africa's as well.

  • We do have this superior attitude, because frankly, we South Africans are just more awesome.

    We aren't just better than other Africans, we are better than everyone else in the world! Don't forget that!

    To be honest, the fact that we have stability, a developed infrastructre compared to the rest of Africa and on average a little more money than the average African, helps. Plus we have South Africans in our country. They don't. So they suck. Lol!

  • Many British citizens have never been to Europe.

    Some New Yorkers have probably never been to the United States.

    And I'm sure there are some residents of Hong Kong who have never been to China.

    Hmm. A pattern develops.

    Cosmopolitans are very provincial.

    lol

  • Last year was the 'first time I went to Europe' but I live and grew up in UK!

    I think it is a similar thing

  • Sout Africa *******WAS***** better than Africa

  • Does the "SA is not Africa" mindset also exclude Mediterranean Africa from Africa?

  • It's a fake superiority complex.

    Mind S. Africa have the highest HIV and crime rate than most African countries so it's an assumption based on nothing for S. African to think as such.

  • africa has no choice as far as unity goes.

    u need to research my tribe the Ashanti-hime.

    and start making better use of the lands.

    it is the single largest self sustaining continent on the planet. u do not need to leave africa .. well an outsider looking in haha.

    i think a focus on self efficiency would trump what others are doing

  • Interesting. The phenomenon occurs in reverse in North/Central/South America. It seems each country considers itself better than the country(s) to the south of it.

    I wouldn't feel too bad about not knowing much about the rest of your continent: it's a big friggin' continent!!

    You're looking well, Khaya! Good to see!

    *hugs*

  • it is human nature to criticize or make fun of foreign traditions and cultures that are totally foreign to us or that we are totally ignorant about or do not understand

  • It's a known phenomenon that people tend to try and distance themselves from the people directly around them in either class, financial situation, or indeed as a nation.

    I live in the Netherlands and there is definitely a bigger desire here to show the world that we are different from Germany or Belgium (which we border with), but no such desire for France or Spain. I think this phenomenon also plays a part in how South Africans view Africa and I could imagine the same for Egyptians etc.

  • I don't considerd myself "european" really

    I know a lot about Germany France and England but very little about Poland so I don't really blame you I always thought it was odd that we refer to Africa as a unity while you have the largest genetic variety of the world, the most amount of languages of the world, etc etc

  • I don't think it is necessarily a bad perception if anything it shows some hope because it shows some unity

  • I don't know if we are as united as we'd like to be.

  • Here in the States, we divide ourselves up too. There's the North vs. the South. Us Southerners are typically stereotyped as evangelical Christian fundamentalists that have minimal education and live in the country. The Northerners are thought to be more secular and less kind/rude. Some people feel like there are two Americas. I'm not sure what I feel about that comment.

  • Interestingly enough, South Africa's former president said that there are 2 South Africas, one rich and white, the other black and poor.

  • This is a fact. I grew up in a much diffirent country than e.g. you did Khaya.

  • If South Africans see themselves as better than Africa, the thought should be accompanied with empathy, not haughty pride.

  • I know what you mean.

  • south africa seemed more diverse to me, like more of melting pot and international influences. but i've only been to zambia.

  • I laughed so hard when you were like; this will be my first time going to africa.

  • Well it is better isn't it?

  • that depends. better in what?

  • Just about everything.

  • no! it's not better in everything. SA has one of the highest, if not the highest crime, murdering, hijacking cars, are sky rocketing like crazy! there are other african countries that have advantages over SA.

  • yeah NIGERIA! we rock! lol

  • Another great video

Loading...
Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more