Thursday 10 September 2015

The Big Brain Drain Game


"The significant emigration of educated or talented individuals." - Brain Draining. 
'Since 1990, Africa has been losing 20,000 professionals annually' - idrc.ca

The Brain Drain, by Cheri-Cherin, Congo 2004.

Many argue that it is the bleeding of young African aptitude that holds immense reason for Africa's predicament as a potential 'deplorable dump'. I argue that the bleed is an inevitable necessity. Its stains smear consequence, not to be confused with reason or cause.

The big brain drain game illustrates the African man's naivety. His creditors drunkenly amused at their ease of theft. 'Divide-and-rule' mechanisms have robbed the African man's morality, such that he readily frees his jewels to appease acceptance and comradeship of his creditors. 

If only his school fee covered for the lessons of 'Dukes will not deign to dine with donkeys', then maybe such manipulative comradeship could have been avoided. 

I shall cease to tease you however; I shall simply say I am a grand advocate of brain draining. If you can supply, why not demand? If Mother's milk depletes find a new bosom, or do one better, find Tesco's two for one deal on formula - but, if you can graze from your own soil, all praise to the one that released your rain.

To root Africa's inexcusable state is one task that begins by acknowledging she cannot be studied in her wholesome state as late Polish journalist R.Kapuscinski reveals, she is a 'geographical appellation'. Therefore, different organs require different surgeries and sensibility reassures us that pains spurred from organ failures cannot for one second constitute as the cause hence, the brain drain of African entrepreneurship fails to qualify as a reason for the continent’s delayed prosperity.

Hence, I disapprove of many, if not all debates favouring brain draining as a fragmental cause of Africa's overdue bust. I say any that recruits and sustains the dependency of foreigners is a wise man.



Alero. 


These are a few resources I found interesting on this subject:
  1. R.Kapuscinski - 'The Shadow of The Sun'
  2. africathroughthelookingglass.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/is-“brain-drain”-bad-for-africa/
  3. www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/04/14/in-africa-moving-from-a-brain-drain-to-a-brain-gain/
  4. www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?PublicationID=704
  5. bahai-library.com/bafa/c/cherin.htm

Agree or Disagree?

2 comments:

  1. This is truly an unparalleled exhibition of work. Your prose evokes many innovative yet rational views in my mentality. It’s very palpable that you have a gift in which God has bestowed upon you. However, I must pose, what stimulated you to inscribe about this area? Surely, the issues surrounding Africa are ameliorating other countries.

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