Catalysing Enlightenment

James Shikwati writes:

Africans ought to drive their own age of enlightenment by asking such basic questions as to why a continent rich in minerals is perceived to be poorer than the rest of the World. Why must a rich continent be AID dependent? Why is it that ethnicity in Africa is perceived to be the core to conflicts on the continent? What prevents African leaders from developing a long term vision for their own people? How can we fuse cultural beliefs and legal systems with the larger global systems in order to surface Africa's predominantly underground economy?...[continue reading]