Creativity and the Caged African Child: Nigerian Perspective

In this era of globalization every country needs to nurture human individuals who are productive, no matter their positon and level of education. Not being productive results in ¿other- dependence¿. A country that is not proactive to self production is not protecting her people from unconscious slavery; thus being over dependent on other countries for a large portion of economic means of survival. Being proactive makes a country balanced between level of production and consumption; such a country is likely to be less prone to crsis. It is not an exergeration to say that most African countries, espetiatially those in Sub-Saharan Region, are largely dependent on other nations for technological innovation and other means of livelihood. This other- dependence could likely be a reason for the Region being crisis prone. Why then the less productivity and over dependence on other countries by this Region? Based on some observations and researches, I am of the opinion that, some negative factors could have intercepted the ability of people in this Region to be creative, thus the caging condition.