My phone ranged and it was James *i am at the Office with my friend you Can come if you want he Said. It was a Sunny sunday the warmest day of the year at 19o celsius it Will be interesting to enjoy the natures free vitamin D which is seldomly found in this part of the world .
In Denmark every Sunny day calls for a drink and it’s been a while i had an outdoor meeting and discussion with friends due to corona pandemic restriction but Thank God they are eased. I Got up from my bed took a shower and went the city to meet James, because I live a Stone throw away from the city center Norröport so within the space of 15munites i was at his Office;i was offered a sit and drink immediatly after exchanging pleasantries . He was with his friend from Gambia whom he has known for very Long time and they were at mid of discussion of which Africa is the topic.
Africa is the future Said mamba, i just came back from Gambia last week and Believe me i feel better and good when ever i visit Home, i have been in this country for the past 20yrs and i have worked my Ass off the good thing is, i have a permanent resident i Can go and come when opportunity calls, i save up money from ny work here to invest in Africa, the second time i visited Gambia i teamed up with One of my friend and We registered a logistics Company with Two mini Van trucks and i tell you guys it was my best decision i have made in years, Even right now i am prospecting to open bakery after meeting you guys i have an appointment with a Facebook seller for an automatik oven and some bakery tools
… Wooow thats really good i Said, it’s a good idea and it’s high time i start thinking same Way Said James. You know i have work at this restaurant for the past 15yrs and investing back Home has not crossed my mind though i have been advised by my friend to Try it but always skeptical on it’s Success due to my absent, i always Think and feel that it Will not yield any profit or my employees Will take advantage of me for not being around…
Ya you are right in a Way Said Mamba i thought so as Well until i was told the secreet of it, i was advised to put my workers on good salary a little above the normal amount paid in Gambia and also develope a cordial relationship with my manager and thats exactly What i did and could you Believe every month i have a return of 6thousand krones from the logistics Company from Gambia and so far so good it has been a Success . One thing i dont want is to Become an Old man in Europe like my uncle who is now lonely poor, sad and weak.
I have been in Europe for decades Believe me i have had the experiences of every kind, the good the bad and the ugly, i must say that the present State of Europe is very critical, it’s at it’s worst form and being a person of color that was not born here the system is not made for us no matter how had you Try you Can not fit in. Before the economy meltdown of 2008 Europe was the best place to be when it comes to economy and social welfare Reason for the open door immigration policy and assylum which Saw a magnitide of assylum seekers stormed Europe from all over the world; however after the meltdown things started to change, Their economy started going Down and so was Their immigration Laws and policies,
Therefore the free ride to some social benefits were withdrawn and jobs were lost, on the verge of recovering the financial meltdown of 2008, come the corona pandemic and the rest is history.
I could remember vividly how easy it was to get money Then Either while working or otherwise and how flashy and stupid Our people spend money on irrelevant things such as expensive clothes, jeweries, cars and night life with no plan of investment
No One was thinking of days like this and most of Them are paying the Price today.
It’s unfurnate that the only works available for people of color in this part of the world are manual, those that requires physical strength not brain which ranges from cleaning ,logistics ; farming; and slutter works of whose conditions are often despicable but must be done anyways.
the age level of these works Fall within the bracket of 18-35years but that does not apply to people of color.
I remember working in a logistics Company Years ago with Four elderly men of of color in Their lates 50s and early 60s lifting heavy objects and most times after finishing my shift Will help Them with Their work , i also realised that no Young men would want any of Them to be in Their group because of Their low manpower.
A good examination always reveal that most of these people misused Their opportunity of early years in Europe and never invested back Home in Africa and therefore have Nothing to Fall back on, Their children does not Care for Them as much because they too are finding it hard through the system, the Old men do not have a good working recorde as to quality for retirement benefits and also Can not go Home to africa because they have no means of sustainance, now they are stück in the system and foriegn land Old, weak, poor, sad and worst of it all lonely…the Old age which is supposed to be a blessing becomes a curse on Them.
….Wise people learn from the mistake of others… (it’s high time We Think Home)
the untold Realities 