UPDATE: Economics Explained replied! See their comment here: https://x.com/somas_academy/status/1792257264377614656

Common issue with any study or research about Africa is considering Africa as one entity

As the child of an African history professor, I can't really begin to express how much I appreciate that someone is taking the time to do this work. So, thank you!

Sadly that youtube channel tends to make absurd mistakes. As a European, I noticed the same tendency when they speak about the EU. Full of bias, simplifications and plain mistakes

We need more of this unbiased African content to counter all the misconceptions peddled out there. May Soma's Academy become the digital version of Timbuktu University.

"What is your source."

It's unfortunate that so many big channels are just clickbait machines

The wheel thing comes from Murray Rothbard. It’s a staple of racist and libertarian discourse on Africa. Modern economics (neoclassical) is a straight up religion.

Thank you. A lot of YouTubers give their thoughts on topics they are unqualified to speak about. I'm a civil engineer. One YouTuber claimed the bridge collapse in Baltimore was from failing infrastructure when the truth is that bridge wasn't designed to withstand a cargo boat hitting it's support column.

the agriculture point is so funny to me because my dad’s side of the family is full of farmers and i’ve never heard anything about it being super hard to farm there

Finally the algorithm sending me sense instead of nonsense. Subscribed.

Who else here got into economics, trade and politics through history

If feel like the central issue here is the notion that Africa is uniquely poor, which means it's poverty must be rooted in something inherent to the African continent.