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by tim-projects 66 days ago
> This seems like the issue rather is is that wealth accumulation in sub-saharan africa is limited to a small subset of population

At one time I lived in a predominantly black community in mosside Manchester UK. I witnessed these kinship based rules often in daily life and even overheard conversations by and about those members of the community who succeeded, left and didn't 'pay back their obligations'.

This was deeply striking at the time and until I read this article I've never seen anyone highlight it. But it's something I think about often.

So I don't agree that this doesn't happen in the rest of the world. It's a cultural thing not a capitalism thing.