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YOU WILL ALWAYS BE CHEATED IF YOU NEGOTIATE FROM A WEAK POSITION

The main actor of "The Gods Must Be Crazy", N!xau Toma, was only paid $300, even though the film produced in 1980 made over $60 million. He died a poor wretched bushman despite making millions of dollars for other people. He was hugely exploited at the negoting table. In fact, he was merely told what was negotiated and he accepted with happiness. Africans have always been exploited.

The film is basically about the conflict between the new order and the old epoch: The Namibian tribal people in a remote African desert live a happy life, but it is all torn to pieces when a Coca-Cola bottle falls from a plane.The confusion and myth surrounding the strange object disorganized the bushmen as they made efforts to unravel the mystery object.

He died on 5th July 2003 after a bout with tuberculosis at the age of 59. He died a poor man because he was not only exploited but he lacked the necessary skills to even realised that he was exploited. He equally lacked the skills to manage well the little money he was paid for his appearances in various films because he did not know the value of paper money.

He had no formal education and came from a culture that did not value the material things that money could buy and consequently had not learned money management skills. After his film career ended in 2000, he returned to his village to build modern brick house with pipe borne water. He bought heads of cattle but not more than 20 because he simply could not count further than 20.

Yes he died poor after playing the lead role in a film that earned more than $60 million in revenue. Where else does it happen if not in Africa?

Kasonde Joseph

THE SIX BABY SISTERS WHO LIVED UNDER THE BRIDGE

FEB 19th 2016,17:20HRS,stuck in traffic as I was coming from Chisamba,I decided to use a lesser congested road(the road that comes from Matebeto and goes underneath Great East road's bridge near ZESCO)..I was so much taken by the Song I love the most “GOD IS FAITHFUL “by Mercy Chinwo(Nigerian singer),then I heard a tender knock on my passenger's window, it was a Beautiful young girl dressed in rags and seemed like she had not showered in a very long time...I wound down the window,the smell wasn't pleasant..then this young girl asked for something to eat and not money as many other street kids do..she said "please uncle,nipepa ko vakudya nabafana baanga" (am asking for food so that I share with my baby sisters) as she pointed where some young girls sat..I honestly told her that I didn't v any food,but it was at that point that I saw her eyes become teary. My heart thumped, and I immediately parked so that I could see her other sisters n hear their story.. The sight of her baby sisters made me sob like a baby..they looked like they had not eaten for weeks...The older sister told me that they had not eaten for the past 5 days apart from one bun some lady gave them before I got there which they had just shared...she told me how a month ago then,realizing that they would die from hunger,she got her sisters and said alittle prayer,asking God to at least get them to Lusaka where they would find a place where they would get some food.Just after the prayer,this strong willed and brave girl and her sisters headed for the train station in anticipation of a free ride to Lusaka..Surely,they got onto a train bound for Lusaka from Ndola seeking for food and shelter.. The train Masters helped them way through to Lusaka,These kids had just been thrown out by their Aunt who felt it was much of a burden to take in all 6 just Orphaned kids as she told them that the older one