Americans Are Not Poor Lucy Lameeck Summary

To most: when the country Africa is thought of, the parallel to it is poverty. Africa is a developing country, according to the rest of the countries. In “Africans are not poor,” by Lucy Lameck, the point of view is contrasting. “Poverty” is not the word the Tanzanians should be using in reference to their country. With wealth, poverty and social classes it is believed that Africa is far behind. Lameck gave an astounding speech to the Parliament of Tanzania helping them to gain a new perspective on the word “poverty.”
Lameck thinks its incorrect to call Africans poor because truly the country is not poor, as stated by Lameck, Africa “has value, it has riches, it has culture, it has people, it has agriculture, it has animals, different types