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David E. Maranz’s Followers (2)
David E. Maranz
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“On much of the continent, it seems to me, solidarity, generosity, and resistance to every kind of personal confrontation, combined with a sense of being economically disinherited, all work together in financial matters”
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
“Part of the resistance of Westerners to becoming patrons is that they react negatively to the idea of participating in a society that is basically built on institutionalized inequality.121”
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
“Because Westerners are so bombarded by people seeking money or other kinds of financial or material assistance, they begin to believe that all needy Africans are out and about aggressively asking for help. This is far from being true. In many African cultures, the most needy people are the most hesitant to ask for help. In contrast, more aggressive, blatant requests are typically indications that the petitioner is manipulative, professional, or at least more practiced. Whether needy people are restrained or bold about asking for help seems to depend a great deal on the person’s culture, religion, individual scruples and values, and, of course, on his self-definition of “needy.”
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
― African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
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