in this essay i argue that eurofication and othering has lessened the chances of upward mobility for africans

the single story often originates from simple misunderstandings or ones lack of knowledge of others but these stories can also have damaging intent{adichie:2009} this is true for europeans and the rest of the western world ,african traditions and customs are often seen as weird and as going against god and praising the devil and other totems 

these are the accounts of various african authors but mainly chimamnda adichie{2009}. bart williams {2015}

eurofication is the the process of adoptiing european norms ,values and standards in a non european context{bayart:1989}. this is specially true for africa as for ages now ,My older sister encountered otheringn in her work place which was predominantlly afrikaans speaking ,she recalls being the last one to be on the loop about certain projcts in their work and having to sit through metings without undrstanding what was being said because most of her colleauges weere speaking in afrikaans and she would be left behind which led to her eventual termination of employment,this has dented her reputation in her field and has been unemployed for a year now as shes seeking greener pastures abroad

therefore through my vicarious experience i have noted that a lot of these institutions have been purposefully set up in such a way as to preserve european standards and processes that exclude africans from them thus reducing africans into a servitude role without the possibility of ever being self sufficient or even achieving upward mobility because of the ridiculous barriers they hav to jump through in order to get into these institutions

in this essay i have showed how eurification and the othering of black and indigenous people has diminished their chances of being self sufficient and having upward mobility through observations and my own experences,the unneccesary rule from laws firms of having a vehicle and being fluent in afrikaans as a junior confirms my argument that eurfication and othering directly stops black and indigenous people from moving up in the economic ladder

reference list

chimamnda adichie ngozi ,the danger of a single story , 2009 , Tedxtalk

mallence bart williams , change your channel , 2015, TedxBerlin

jean-francois bayart , the state of africa:the politics of the belly,1989