President's speech at G8 summit Sea Island/Georgia

Abstract

Africa is a Continent of 11 million square miles and 800 million people. 700 million of them are Black people – the original stock of the human race. Although Africa is the origin of Man and the human beings did not start populating other Continents until 100,000 years ago,[1] the population of Africa remained small. In 1900 the population of Africa was only 110 million. The African population stagnated mainly because of the enemies of Man that also thrive in the ambient climate of Africa – tse-tse flies, mosquitoes and microbes.

The population of Africa has now recovered and it is moving to optimal levels. This was one of the strategic bottlenecks that faced the Black race. Small population, in a vast and rich Continent, negatively affected the process of State formation, innovativeness of the African peoples and the ability to resist colonization.