Africans Arise...

‎​Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times great columnist, had done the writing. I did the reading and noticed a fundamental error. I corrected him so his fans won't be misled. At first, it sounded a bit crazy to the American people. But as they read me, many began to realise I knew the topic. Maybe a little bit better than a man who has reported in about 150 countries, studied in three continents, criss-crossed China, Japan and the axis of evil many times and visited Africa more than any other American writer! According to him, the main reason poor Africans in rural areas give birth to many children is because they expect some to die! I was discombobulated. So I told him why. Africans in villages don't bear many children because they expect some to die. But because of many reasons. Lack of education. Lack of family planning education. Cultural biases. And above all poverty. In villages here, most times, there is lack of electricity. When it's 6pm, everywhere gets dark. Mosquitoes invade the place and begin to bite them. With no distractions. Men retire to their bedrooms and have sex without condoms. Either because they don't know they exist or don't believe in them. As a result, their wives get pregnant like rabbits! Not because they expect them to die after 9 solid months of hard work. As Nicholas Kristof erroneously thought! (C) Simon Ateba