Sweatshops In Africa Essay

I am writing this letter to express my deep problem with sweatshops in Africa. I would like the United Nations to send supplies and funds to the underdeveloped countries of africa to dissolve sweat shops. Ethiopia is one of the most sweatshop populated country in africa. This quote from Chris Blattman shows why big cooperation go into undeveloped countries to have them do their dirty work they would rather not do “In the past several decades, manufacturing jobs have fled the developed world for the developing world.” Big corporations have gotten this idea from early imperialism in africa when people found out resources cost less and they could take advantage of the native people do do the dirty work of that corporation. Many of the everyday objects we use are directly made from sweatshops that we have no idea about . This statist from Brandon gallie shows how much products are actually made in sweatshops, “Products that commonly come from sweatshops are clothing, coffee, shoes, toys, chocolate, rugs, and bananas.” These are all basic “Necessities” of the average american but we don't realize the blood sweat and tears that are put into the products and the …show more content…
Sweatshops is basically over glorified Slavery which is the same thing that happened early in Africa after Europeans started to colonize Africa. When early Europeans started to colonize Africa they realized they could get resources cheaper also along with labor from the natives. The definition of Imperialism directly correlates with the true meaning of sweatshops. The definition from Oxford dictionaries shows the meaning of imperialism, A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.”Early imperialism in Africa allowed room for modern day imprelsim making it seem more