As an ocean crew member, I have been to Africa so many times, I have really discovered this situation, walking in the streets of Africa, I found that there are many young couples, especially the number of children, I feel that the streets are full of children, but the elderly are really few! I've been to small villages in Africa, and occasionally I've met a couple of white-haired old men, and when asked about their age, it's really unbelievable, because they're only in their forties, but they look very old on the outside.
After our ships docked in Africa, they needed local workers to come to our ships for loading and unloading, because in Africa's ports of call need strict anti-theft measures, so for every worker who worked on our ship, there will be records, so many times to Go to African ports, I found that the oldest worker is only thirty-four years old, and many of them are young people around twenty years old. And Africans seem to get married very early, and I talk to a local worker, who is only eighteen years old and already has three children. In fact, although I am very poor in Africa, I find that many black brothers are particularly filial. In addition, I also found that in many families, even if there are elderly people, they are all lonely, basically have not seen the old husband and wife living at the same time, and generally women live, men die. I asked our captain for what reason? The captain told me that it might be the cause of polygamy. Men have too much work at night and hurt their bodies, so they live shorter than their wives.
Not to mention the elderly in Africa, every time I am in Africa, I am particularly curious, why are there so many children here? Is it really because Africans are reproductive? Once when our ship docked in Africa, I met an old brother who was doing business in Africa, and the two of us chatted and seemed to have discovered the reason for the matter.
First of all: if you have a chance to go to Africa, be sure to visit the small local village. You will find that a village is not very large, there are only a dozen families, but there can be hundreds of children, and there are several small villages near the port where our ships dock, and every time I go to the village to play, it feels like entering a kindergarten. Unfortunately, even if I go with snacks, many young children will cry and run away when they see my appearance. The reason why there are more children in Africa, there is a big reason is that polygamy is allowed here, no matter how poor you are, as long as there is food, as long as there is a place to live, there will always be a black sister to marry you, and the village I went to the port, a lot of male labor is working in the port, the salary is still OK, so the men in this village are basically three or four wives, if a wife has a child, then a family of seven or eight children is also particularly normal. In reality, many families in Africa have more than seven or eight children, and I have seen one family with the most children, that is, the family of the instructor who loaded goods for our ships, because he was paid a relatively high salary, married six wives, and gave birth to eighteen children.
Second: many people in Africa are uneducated. They don't know much about human reproduction. I once talked to a black guy and I said to him, "Why do you want so many kids?" Kuroko's answer suddenly left me speechless. He said, "We don't want to have that much!" But when you are married, you sleep together every day, and you can't always have children after pregnancy, right?" In their thinking, there is no awareness of contraception at all, and they don't know that in fact, two people can control not getting pregnant! In addition, the medical level in Africa is relatively backward, and no one has popularized the knowledge of contraception. So every family will have a lot of children. In Africa you have to admire, the physical fitness of the local black sister is indeed very good, I once saw a black sister belly has been very large, it is estimated that at least six months pregnant, still do heavy work, especially sharp to go to the river to fill water with the top of the head to go home. There are also some black girls who have been pregnant for months and do not even know it. This is the case for many people in Africa, who never do contraception after marriage, and go with the flow, as long as they can give birth naturally, as long as they can give birth naturally. It is because of this situation that children in Africa will be in this situation, and the streets are full of children.
Finally: there are no recreational facilities in Africa, unlike when we go to bed at night with computers, mobile phones, televisions, and a colorful life. In many parts of Africa, there is no electricity, and mobile phones are only bought by rich people. In their local area, everyone can only sleep after eating, and in the case of polygamy, it is not necessary that any wife will be pregnant. In addition, many places in Africa are encouraged to have children, because many local backwardness, resulting in many newborn survival rates are not too high, many couples have been pregnant several times, in order to give birth to a child normally and healthily, and many of them are delivered by themselves. In this environment, encourage everyone to have more children. There is also a particularly harsh reality in Africa, in fact, the proportion of men and women in Africa is still particularly balanced, and the reason why polygamy has been advocated is because many women lose their lives during childbirth. Even so cruel, the number of newborns in Africa is still very high compared to other places. I once met a couple who had eight children, their first eldest son got married and had children, they were still giving birth, and even their grandchildren were older than their youngest son, it was so embarrassing! After a long time in Africa, you may find that they still seem to be stuck in primitive times, and the meaning of their survival is to have children, just to pass on the generations!
There are really very few elderly people in Africa, and sometimes it is wonderful to think that this place is wonderful, as if they have been eliminated immediately after completing the reproductive task! Disappear without a trace! In fact, although there are many children in Africa, parents are not hard, and the real suffering is the biggest child in a family. After the death of his parents, the marriage problems of his younger siblings were all the responsibility of the boss. So why are there so few old people in Africa? In fact, there is a reason for this.
First: many people who have studied history may know that in ancient China, especially in the period of feudal society, everyone can live to the age of fifty is already considered to be an advanced age, in fact, this is the case in Africa at present, because the local is relatively backward, everyone's life is very poor, especially in terms of eating, basically there is no nutritional value, just to fill the stomach, so the average life expectancy of Africans is very short. Remember that in 1997, an international survey showed that the average life expectancy of Africans was only 36.6 years, and even in recent years, the average life expectancy of international assistance to Africa was only about 40 years. In this case, how can you meet the elderly, some African couples are still giving birth to the last moment of life! Therefore, Africans do not need to face the problem of old-age care, just lost the labor force for a few years, the mechanism of all aspects of the body will not work, and people will die. So there's no need to retire for them.
Second: In Africa, not only is the level of medical care relatively backward, but the most important thing is that people are too poor. When young and strong, the resistance of all aspects of the body is relatively strong, the body is not easy to get sick, but once after thirty-five years old, the resistance of all aspects of the body has declined, this time the body is easy to have problems, for the ordinary people in Africa, raising so many children, which have the conditions to see a doctor, can only go with nature, this feeling is like other small animals living in nature, once sick if they survive in the past, they will live for a few more years, and they will directly lose their lives if they can't survive. Moreover, in this part of Africa, there are still many infectious diseases, such as AIDS, cholera, yellow fever, etc., when you are young, you can survive, once you are old, you can only listen to the arrangements of fate, so it is rare to see the elderly in Africa.
Third: I believe that some people must have been to Africa to work, in recent years, many entrepreneurs in Our country have invested in africa to build factories, is to see the local cheap and sufficient labor, in fact, many compatriots are recruited are age restrictions, more than thirty years old Africans if there is no skill is basically difficult to find a job. Once Africans lose their jobs, they stay at home all day in a daze until they slowly get old. Because they have no other ideas, so the elderly in Africa actually have it, but once they don't have a job, they don't come out of the activity! We don't usually see it! In addition, the reason why it is rare to see the elderly in Africa is also related to their culture, in the eyes of Africans, the death of the elderly is a very happy thing, perhaps because their lives are too hard, they feel that "from heaven to hell, human beings are just passing through the world"! In just a few short decades, it is a kind of suffering, and death is a relief. So the funeral culture of Africans is full of songs and dances, and there are small gatherings, and no one will cry sadly. In Africa, once they can't find a job, many elderly people will grow old very quickly, and then choose to end their lives, so we usually rarely see the elderly.
When it comes to the population of Africa, sometimes I am particularly curious, we feel very stressed to have a child at home, Africa is so poor, a couple can have seven or eight children, why are they not stressed? On the contrary, it is also very happy. Later I also found out why.
First of all: there is a saying in our country that is very good: "More lice do not bite, more debts do not worry"! In fact, it is the same truth, we have a child, always want to give the best to the child, people are not satisfied, try their best to make their children live better! In the end, it puts a lot of pressure on themselves, but this is not the case in Africa, in their thinking, children just live, as long as they have food to eat! There are no too high requirements, there will not be too much cost to raise children, and naturally there will not be too much pressure. This reminds me of the grandparents of that era, the children in the family are particularly many, anyway, the family is very poor, as long as the children have enough to eat, in case which child has a job, the conditions of the whole family will become better, the child is a little more, the probability will be greater. So even if Africans are poor and have more children, they will feel very relaxed. I think sometimes we should also learn from their mentality and be content!
Secondly: the reason why we feel that the pressure of raising a child is very high, mainly because the cost of our investment in raising a child is too high, the usual child's food, clothing, housing, especially education, various tutoring classes, interest classes, these are high pay, and there is only one child in the family, always want him to become very good, so it will feel a lot of pressure. But this place in Africa is different, in Africa children do not have to go to school, their understanding of the outside world depends on their parents to popularize, before the age of ten they play in front of the house, more than ten years old to help their parents work. There is a set of clothes in the house, and the eldest wears the second and passes them down in turn. When I was in Africa, I met a teenage boy who was still naked! Coupled with the fact that this is the case in Africa, there will be no comparison psychology, so no matter how many children there are, it is only a number, where is the pressure? Life is already bad anyway!
Finally: At present, China has let go of the birth of three children, but the fertility rate still cannot go up. Mainly because the cost of marriage is too large, the house and car dowry, a boy to marry a million is not enough, if you have a few more children, the children can not marry the daughter-in-law in the future, is not it harmful to the children? So everyone didn't dare to have more children. But Africa is different, African children get married on their own, a bride price of bread, a few bottles of beer can be, a boy's two months' salary is enough to do things, and the houses they live in are also built by themselves, but a little time cost. So they have no pressure, and no matter how many children there are, it will be easy. In addition, African couples have a lot of children, there is another reason, that is, Africans are more barbaric, generally based on the family as a unit, their own children more, will not be bullied by other families, even if they go out hunting, more people catch more small animals. As children grow up, the pressure on adults will become less and less. Therefore, Africans do not feel pressured to have their children, but are very relaxed.
Sometimes I feel that every African is particularly great, spending his life completing the task of raising children, consciously withdrawing from the human stage once he loses his labor force, and never adding to the burden on his children. Maybe this is the result of natural selection and survival of the fittest! Sometimes it is particularly curious, Africans have a similar proportion of men to women, why can they still be polygamous? If a man has married several wives, will there be a man who cannot marry a wife? There will definitely be single sticks too! But I've been in Africa for so long that I really rarely see a single stick. What is the reason for this? Welcome to leave a message below, let's discuss together.