For:
- a girl chewing gum and a cow chewing cud; I see the intelligence of the cow
- Europeans brought Christianity, built roofs, and they gave us what they call colonialism
- similarity of products: Gambia produces groundnuts, Senegal produces groundnuts; without Europe there would be no one to sell these products to
- Europeans taught us how to prevent back injuries when lifting heavy objects
- Europeans brought tiles for the auditorium floor
- how many youths are dying in Libya today?
- we don’t have the materials but we know how to construct
- the books and the clothes you are wearing, you feel proud that you are wearing European clothes “Made in America” or “Made in Europe;” if you see “Made in Senegal” you will not want to wear that
- some medicines we are using they import them so that we can cure ourselves
- supplies of electricity
- must depend on Europe for processing our materials
- who here would like to drink their tea without putting in sugar?
- mobiles
- Europeans discovered transport that makes travel very easy
- Africans depend on Europeans to manufacture and distribute the materials
- Mr. Chairman, I want to ask a question: “Why are we here?” I think it is to recite knowledge. Europeans brought this.
- have you ever heard of an African going to Europe to supervise their elections? Many African countries need Europe for transparent elections
- Europe is a backboard to Africa. Can anything stand without a backboard? We cannot stand without European support
- Africa in those days of the Europeans, many died of diseases which they know nothing about
- Africans knew nothing about agriculture; it was only hunting and gathering
- most outstanding development is in the field of education
- "Are we speaking local language?" [Audience response: “NO.”]
Against:
- will a good citizen of Africa wait for people from another country to develop them?
- today is more favorable than yesterday
- Libya was one of the riches countries but since Europeans entered what happened? [Audience response: “They destroyed everything!”]
- the Europeans who came here did not give Africans a chance to develop themselves
- our religion—it is fifty percent worse since the Europeans came
- destruction of many African countries
- Gambians enjoying more now than before when the Europeans were here
- anyone who is civilized is acting like a European
- most countries were colonized by Europea, it could be said that they brought civilization. "Example: America-- is it not more developed than any other country in the world? By developed I mean science and technology." [Audience response: “Yes!”]
- People can bear me witness, before in our culture the tradition was respect. Is Africa developing or un-developing? Boys are putting in earrings, girls are putting on trousers...
- Africa is one of the richest countries in the world
- blessed with natural resources that we are transferring them into finished products, even a blind person can say that Africa can be developed without European influence
- Europeans are playing a game with us
- now we are educated can develop without European influence
- Europeans put together groups of different ethnic groups, traditions and religions, caused a lot of problems, just look at Somalia
- brain drain is one of the biggest problems, Europe is taking African intellectuals; Europe is a killer parasite, they are ecto-parasites
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