The Capitalist Nigger Book Review:The Spider Web Doctrine:The Road To Success

The Copy of Mzansi's number one selling book: The Capitalist Nigger

Author: Dr Chika Onyeani.

Country: United States.

Language: English.

Subject: Economics.

Genre: Status of Africans.

Publisher: Timbuktu Publishers.

Publication: 2000.

Tittle: The Capitalist Nigger: A Spider Web Doctrine: The Road To Success.

BY RESHOKETSWE MLANGENI
@Reshoketswe_M

This is a thoroughly written book that one could think it is definitely not for the light heartened ones. From the hindsight it is derogative by the usage of the highly hated “N” word in its tittle. However the word has been used with pseudo-effects. In his own words Onyeani justifies the usage of the above mentioned offensive word because “Capitalist” means an opulent person and “Nigger” refers to an African person that he factually is. He continues to say that he will not rival being addressed as such because as Blacks either from Continental Africa or Diaspora by revolting that address they are “obliging just as anticipated by the Caucasians.”

Dr Chika Onyeani presenting his only book to South African president Jacob Zuma.

This book does not hit around the bush before reaching crux of the matter as the author says he wanted to tell it as it is. The climax here according to the author is that blacks the world over are slaves - economic slaves. Dr Chika sets the sad mood of the book by explaining that blacks are modern slave because they lack “the-devil-may-care-attitude,” and have no “killer-instincts.” The blacks are always waiting for Caucasian or Asian origin men to establish business right under their noses. Following those business outlets, that he says flabbergasts him, blacks will then go 

beg for jobs and cry racism when denied posts.

The author from Africa in origin – Nigeria, says that Africa has become nothing but a beggar continent. This is despite the fact that during the time of the publication, the first’s independence in the continent was 40 years old with no recognisable development whatsoever. He claims that Africa owes the world $375 billion but due to greediness, that did nothing but to gain the few previously oppressed the kind of life that their former oppressors led at the expense of majority.

The father of two and a renowned New York Times journalist says that blacks will never get their much fought for independence. He says that this could be attributed to that they depend on everything from Europe and US. Let alone mass destruction weapons that Africans use to kill one another than in any other parts of the world. How people can claim independence when everything they do has to please their investors and abide with their terms, Onyeani asks. He says this spiral of an independence illusion will not be eradicated any time soon so long blacks still have “victim-mentality,” and enjoys nothing more than playing “blame game.” It is no surprising that with such provocative thoughts presented in the book, it has sold more than 50 000 copies in SA. 

The author is in a nutshell saying that the black race should take over the responsibility of their state and stop blaming colonisation or racism if you may and also halt feeling like the world owes them something as it does not. It is by no surprise that it is the current number one selling book in Mzansi followed by Think, Grow Rich.

This is a book that any black person should ensure to grab in order to avoid falling for tenets that the author says we do to defy logic at their own ignorance.