Ebola and the Howling for Aid in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea

With each passing day, the cry for aid to tackle the Ebola epidemic from the three West African countries named above grow louder and louder. Presidents of these countries demand aid as if they have a right to expect such from the international community. Even as they cry for aid, complaints of mismanagement of aid is reported in Sierra Leone and many Liberians think that the government is using this crisis as an opportunity to make filthy lucre for itself, as very little is being seen to be done for the people. Never mind the now accepted argument from economists that such aid never brought economic development to a country. With this howling for aid, the narrative of Africans as people who cannot take care of themselves continue. Tons of foreign aid from Europe and America needs to be sent over, before urgent crisis can be averted. And so the irresponsibility of the postcolony continues.