"Hunt for Successor 8: Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy"[1] is a controversial article written by Field Ruwe, a Zambian-American writer.
[1] It was later retitled "You lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!
"[2] by Ghanaian-American novelist and blogger Malaka Grant,[3] appearing in her blog "Mind of Malaka" on 18 January 2012, and subsequently went viral, being re-posted on other blogs and online forums.
In their conversation, Walter blames the "intellectuals" for the deplorable state of Africa.
The article was adapted into a short film titled Intellectual Scum[4] in 2015 which won a Judges Choice Award at the 2015 Slum Film festival, Kenya.