Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Chinese businesswoman Motto Ma speaks to members of an Ethiopian regional government delegation at Eastern Industry Park in Ethiopia.
There’s a famous bible verse that states, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” This is what the viewer of the documentary “Made In Ethiopia,” currently screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, will perhaps think as they observe the unfolding impact of a corporate foreign entity on a small farming community in Ethiopia.
Dukem locals are promised that they will be compensated with “replacement land” that at least over the course of the four years of filming, never materializes. In fact, the filmmakers learn that half of the land promised to the local farmers was sold for profit to “wealthy buyers.” They don’t clarify if the “wealthy buyers” are Ethiopian or foreigners. In essence, the locals, now without land, become dependent on and subservient to the Chinese.
But “Made in Ethiopia” demonstrates that the fate of Ethiopia is likely not the same as that of China. There is the hint of imperialism, which historically has meant exploitation, not real progress for populations of color. Many of the automated machines “speak” Chinese, not any of the local languages. Even now, almost 20 years after China built this economic zone, the workers live in dire circumstances while the Chinese supervisors are in houses with modern accoutrements.
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