James331; you didn't get any Jobs, not because you had too much experience, but because everyone thought you were a d***bag.
The fact that you are back in the states, sitting commenting on this thread shows you are still bitter that no one realised your brilliance. Just because the operators weren't blinded by the sun glinting off your 4-bar eppies, and thousands of hours, doesn't mean they are unprofessional; it means the could recognise a bad apple.
Africa is an acquired taste. It's not America. The industry is different here, it requires people to actually work if they want something. It expects the low time pilots to pump fuel, to work
hours, to pay their dues.
But you know what, it weeds out those pilot's that don't have work ethic; the pilot's that are expecting a two year paid flying holiday in Africa.