Dog Eat Dog World

The films in this section say about the challenges confronting the geo-political structures we collectively call “ Africa” Is there room in the New Global Order for the cultures we have learned about or are they destined for some form of assimilation/extinction? To answer this question you would have to define what geo-political means. Geo-political is study of geographic influences on power relationships in international politics. Geopolitical theorists have sought to demonstrate the importance in the determination of foreign policies of considerations such as the acquisition of natural boundaries, access to important sea routes, and the control of strategically important land areas. In the films we saw many different families who had different ideas, religions, and cultures.

However the only thing they had in common was their willingness not to evolve with the times. In the video “The Al Hadji & His Wife” you saw that Al Hajji’s women were the main source of life in the family, they did everything, from the cooking to the income. The wealth of the family is determined by the amount of cattle one family has and in a always evolving world having this way of determining the wealth of the family would not stand up to other countries such as North America, Asia, or even Europe.
In the Movie “The Mseyas” they relied a lot on their belief in God and that they will have great things come to them if they continue to keep faith, and stay true to their religion. Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. Even though we would all like to say believe in our faith in religion, and hold hand and sing the "Kum ba yah’s and believe that life is fair. It is time to wake up and smell the over priced Star Bucks coffee and realize in today “New Global Order” there is no room for religion to play a part in growing and evolving into a more powerful World.

So by keeping this mindset the children in this movie are doomed to get left behind and forgotten just like the cassette players in the early 1980’s.Keep The Dance Alive is another example of a movie that relies on the idea that faith is all that matter’s and refuses to go to the outside world and comprehend that their tradition are becoming obsolete. If the all the people of Africa who refuses to get wit the program will unfortunately just fall through the cracks and become just a dream. It is true that we can learn from our past; however the past is used to learn from and not stop the progress of our future.

Another thing in these movies that would not survive in the ever evolving world would be their education rate. In the movie you learned that you had to pay for school in order to learn, and like most of Africa the economy is not all that strong so they can not afford to send the children to school to educate them so that they will be able to compete on an even playing field with other people from other countries. Let’s face it education is very important if you want to be able to even just exist in today’s society. I am just talking about existing meaning the bear minimal here, not talking bout being steady and able to buy a car or rent a nice apartment. Even today a Bachelor’s degree is not what it uses to be. So think if the people in Africa can not afford to send their children to school to learn, how we can expect them to be able to work in today’s world that requires more education then it did a couple years ago. Technology is always growing and changing, it stop’s for no one and what one can not do their will be many others who can.
So as sad as it may be the truth is that if the people of Africa do not get up and join the rest of the world they will get passed by just as some of us pass the “Bums” on the street that beg for money. No matter what circumstances they had to face, or is facing is not excuse for them to lag behind the rest of us. Time waits for no man and neither does evolution either you get wit the times or become extinct like the dinosaurs, “It's a dog eat dog world, I'm wearing milk bone underwear” meaning survival of the fittest it’s them or us people which one would you choose us or them?