The West likes to claim all good things. And the West likes to disown all bad things. The West likes the rest of the world to share in their failures: just consider the "European War" called the "First World War!" When Ben Johnson won the 100-meter dash, the Canadian media hailed him as one of their own. As soon as the story broke that he had used some performance enhancing drugs, the Canadian media not only disowned him as a Jamaican, but championed the demonization that followed. Then again, are these foreign-born or immigrant/transnational Africans willing to stake claims to their African roots. I have encountered African students, the irony is that they were international students, who tried to hide their "Africaness." This Africa cum the West matter hard oh!
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