Third world countries #africanvillage

It's not because "community" or because "your neighbour's child is your child". It's because your neighbour's child is 12x more likely to be dead by the age of five than a European child. It's because around 16,000 Ugandans a year die of a completely curable disease (TB). I'm not saying life in Uganda doesn't have its benefits and charms, but it's disingenuous to pretend it's not really obvious why it's considered a third world country. Inequality of access to healthcare is the biggest divider between the "first" and "third" worlds.

From a fellow third-worlder: girl, face reality. Our countries have their charms and great points but these labels highlight the relative suffering our people have. In your country you are priviledged to have access to traveling, media, and so on; and so am I, but most of our people don't have these things to take for granted like people in developed nations.

As an African, it feels disingenuous not to recognize the bad things happening here. It doesn't matter what foreigners think, but if we ignore our corruption, low purchasing power, high dependance rate, high mortality rate, poor healthcare etc we are setting ourselves back and allowing ourselves to be controlled even more. We must survive in the system or get eaten alive. Once we survive and aren't vulnerable we can see what to change. Also, that community is a façade. We know that only a minority of people help their family members here, and its5NOT for free. We know the high levels of SA, we know the exploitation of children and poor family planning. Should I speak about how children can never save and are burdened by countless relatives to provide for...? And I don't mean your immediate family I'm taking cousins and clan members...even if you're barely scraping along. Community doesn't matter if individuals aren't whole to contribute to said society. Not to mention being multicutlural BY FORCE due to colonial partition has led to more bad than good. We are SO different and we barely like each other, and refuse to speak about the tribalism that infects us. There are REASONS why we can't compete with others. If we could create systems that worked, it wouldn't matter if we lived in mud houses forever or didn't accept capitalism. Right now we DO NOT have that luxury! We can't show the world what we have to offer because we have no leverage...I mean it can't even be implemented on our soil because people with ideas are ridiculed, frustrated, or simply locked out because a powerful person's relative would rather be out there. And here are no channels to report this, much less anyone willing to stop it. Such denial only leaves us ignorant and stifles innovation/problem solving. We want to live in the illusion that everything is okay when it's not. I KNOW it's hard but we can't allow the trauma to force us into denial. We need to start moving in the right direction but it can't be done with our eyes closed like this!!!! I love your channel but this is not it. Quite disappointing but atp I'm used to seeing so many Africans going abroad, being in denial, then spreading that as fact.

Maybe because Uganda has an infant mortality rate of 38/1000 and is the 17th poorest country in the world. Not to mention in many places underdeveloped infrastructure and healthcare. Every country has potential, and with time, I am sure that Uganda will be able to climb the ranks and no longer be labeled “3rd world”. However, right now, Uganda is not in a situation where you can claim prosperity, as that is simply not true for most people. As beautiful as Uganda is, and as much as the people are amazing, the country itself is not developed. Do not try to claim so.

Uganda is considered a 3rd world country (or a developing country with low human development index) due to its major economic challenges, poverty, limited access to healthcare, high mortality rates, underdeveloped education system and political instability in its history, aswell as its poor track record regarding human rights. Uganda's economy has been largely dependent on agriculture and illegal drug trade, with limited infrastructure and low levels of education and healthcare access. That's it for the most part.

Gdp, corruption, equality, rights of the individual, accessibility of food, clean water, eduction , heallth care etc...

Imagine being a privileged African and seeing all the poverty and thinking your country is not a third-world country. Just because you have earrings, doesn't mean the country is fine.

As a Ugandan, ( i can definitely tell from the accent) the disparity between people in different tax brackets justifies the term "third world country". Thanks for pointing out the positives though..but by comparison most of us miss out on what most of the world takes for granted

It's actually because during the cold War, 1st World countries were on one side, 2nd World was on the other (russia), 3rd world were uninvolved. Now it has another meaning. Love from Liberia

“3rd world country” doesn’t mean your country is not likeable or cool. Community is amazing. Organic nutritious food should be the standard. But just because you experience that doesn’t mean everyone in your country does. “Third-world country” means that it is comparatively more impoverished and has inherently higher mortality rates. You not seeing that doesn’t erase the fact that it exists.

Didn’t Uganda just recently implement the death sentence for homosexuals lmao, but hey u get wedding gifts (a universal tradition celebrated by almost every culture) so wow Uganda rly is the place to be

as an Indian, I do prefer if my country is referred to as the developing country instead of third world country, but we can't be focused on this petty issue as we have to look at the issues which actually makes my country a third world country. it's the mortality rate, diseases, poverty, access to healthcare and education, etc. when we improve on these factors the term will automatically change.

Accoring to a google search: the term “third world country” refers to countries with high mortality rates, especially infant mortality rates. They also have an unstable and inconsistent economy. These are countries that contain massive amounts of poverty and in some cases have fewer natural resources than other nations throughout the world. These countries often have to rely on more industrialized countries to aid them and help stabilize their economy.

I agree , they try make us sound strange when in reality majority of the "1st world country" are alot stranger than ours, our community is tight and look after eachother, abroad they don't even share sugar. And let's not even talk about the food.

The use of the term “Third World” initially arose during the Cold War and was used to define countries that did not align themselves with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the Warsaw Pact. In other words, the term was used to classify countries that did not pick a faction during the Cold War.

No Africa isnt labelled a third world country for any of those things. It’s labelled a third world country because of the rampant poverty. Africa is a harsh continent. Just because you have a good life that doesn’t cancel the fact that many people are forced to live in horrific conditions. It surprises me that an African is blind to these things.

Gurl I'm all about your content, but let's not pretend we don't know why...

Nobody is throwing labels around out of spite or to discriminate against you. There are more developed countries and there are less developed countries. That’s just reality. Factors are political instability, health, poverty and education. It is as simple as that. It’s not an insult. It’s an observation based on facts.

😂😂As a Kenyan I thought this stuff was just arbitrary until my cousin went to the US and now I see why, everything is just better there

From a 3rs world country citizen to another, you know it's not "community".... It's the lack os basic sanitation, it's the people under famine line, it's the people who can't have access to clean water, or water in general, the people dying out of preventable diseases, the people who doesn't have access to school, doctors, etc... I love my country, I realy do. I'm proud of it, lime you look proud of yours. But we can't close our eyes and pretend we're not underdeveloped as fck and that our politicians make everything in their power to keep us like this.