tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post2635828790514038943..comments2023-07-24T14:32:04.202+00:00Comments on Maya's earth: Poverty is a state of mind - View out of GhanaMaya Mamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12285625732016505054noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-90278144795691003982008-10-17T08:20:00.000+00:002008-10-17T08:20:00.000+00:00Thanks for the thumbs up, Paul!Thanks for the thumbs up, Paul!Maya Mamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285625732016505054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-79151767965676133962008-10-17T08:19:00.000+00:002008-10-17T08:19:00.000+00:00Wow Sijui, your comment is so inspiring, really gi...Wow Sijui, your comment is so inspiring, really giving Africa the push it needs to get out there. Now is the time for us to move, act and we'll have the opportunity to reach any status in the world, the field is currently wide open.<BR/><BR/>The election of Obama will completely change the world's view of Africans. If the most influential country in the world can have a half-African president, Africans will no longer be seen as those ancestors of slaves, 'living in trees'. The pressure then is on us to bring our societies and economies up to the level of other continents.<BR/><BR/>Thank you!Maya Mamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285625732016505054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-80518668033399073722008-10-16T20:54:00.000+00:002008-10-16T20:54:00.000+00:00Hi there!Thank you so much for this post!It is so ...Hi there!<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for this post!<BR/><BR/>It is so important!<BR/><BR/>{thumbs up}<BR/>"Paul"The Evangelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932788467736581833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-43245416601201518702008-10-15T16:06:00.000+00:002008-10-15T16:06:00.000+00:00Maya, I think there is a direct correlation betwee...Maya, I think there is a direct correlation between this and your earlier post on Obama. One of the results, I think, from a possible Obama presidency is the emboldening of the more enlightened and progressive elements on our continent. Not because Obama will do anything particularly helpful for Africa, far from it, but because his election extinguishes the last excuse for our mediocrity and incompetence.<BR/><BR/>If a Black man can rise to prominence and exceed expectations in a predominantly White society, what excuse is there for a Black man to not rise to prominence and exceed in a predominantly Black society?<BR/><BR/>Somebody put it less charitably, but I agree wholeheartedly with their assessment........"the economic collapse has demonstrated the infallibility of supposedly superior civilizations and culture." Africans need to get off the crutch of victimhood and intellectual low self esteem. If another society can reward and celebrate the best and brightest of our own, we'd better get to work on doing the same within our own societies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-84254129795798765002008-10-15T13:28:00.000+00:002008-10-15T13:28:00.000+00:00Nana Yaw, you are too kind!I decided to take a dif...Nana Yaw, you are too kind!<BR/><BR/>I decided to take a different route, trying to see the positive in how we are aiming to escape poverty rather, so that for a second we can forget the poverty that (of course) does exist. Was a little worried about how it would be received but your comment has really brightened my day!Maya Mamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285625732016505054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4913928809714336337.post-13029055226903453892008-10-15T12:23:00.000+00:002008-10-15T12:23:00.000+00:00Maya! Maya! Maya!This was so warm, I felt it from ...Maya! Maya! Maya!<BR/><BR/>This was so warm, I felt it from the very first second.<BR/><BR/>And the perspective is so clean and refreshingly original.<BR/><BR/>No matter my other views, for the period I read your post (and probably for the next hour when it replays repeatedly on my mind) I have to agree with you that 'Poverty is a state of mind'.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much.The Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618359074984443470noreply@blogger.com