According to estimates published in the Financial Times on June 1st, at least $854 billion (€702.6 billion) have been siphoned from Africa since 1970 in cumulative capital flight. However, this cost is nothing compared to the scars associated with Africans being seen around the world as the “wretched of the earth.”
据今年7月1日英国《金融时报》的报道，自1970年以来非洲资本外逃总额至少达8540亿美元（折合7026亿欧元）。但相比于那些令非洲被全世界公认为“地球之耻”的苦难来说，这些金钱还是微不足道的。因为除了那些战乱地区之外，只有非洲有如此庞大的青年人群体——占总人口的60%——随时准备冒一切危险逃离家园。我也不得不沉痛的地承认，如果当今还有一支数量庞大的运奴船队停泊在非洲海岸的话，那么船上肯定会满载着偷渡者。