Sri Lanky wrote:Anyone been there? The voodoo thing looks very interesting.
It seems there's less of a hassle getting a visa than Nigeria or Ghana. Why is it such a pain in the ass getting one for most African countries?
Nigerian officials actually bragged about denying a visa to Bill Gates years ago after a columnist in a Nigerian newspaper wrote about how Bill Gates does not close down roads in Seattle when he drives to work and is worth much more than rich Nigerians who do the same thing there. Basically he was praising the humbleness of Gates and claiming humbleness of the rich makes more people prosperous.
So the Nigerian rich didn't like that so they banned Gates from entering.
Same with the rest of the West but on a small scale. They could become more prosperous if they made visas easy and cheap but then they would not have that petty authority and they also would not have that revenue going directly to the people who are in charge of Visas. Its like if you and I have a chance to either split $100 between us by giving someone a parking ticket or give our hypothetical city $1million in benefits by granting free parking but you and I are out $50 each and out of a job enforcing a debilitating policy.
That is African visas.