20 March 2026

Lumumba's Africa

It was nice to be back viewing Lumumba's Africa on Russia Today TV Channel.  In today's episode, Prof Lumumba explained how western countries exploited African countries. He mentioned how in 1980s USA supplied Maize, that was not fit for human consumption. 

We had a similar situation in our country in the 1950s and 1960s. People of my age would remember USA's PL 480 etc. It was due to our own agricultural scientists such as Dr M S Swaminathan that our country's agrucultural self sufficiency improved significantly. 

The Western exploitation continues in all developing countries including India.  



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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.