April 28, 2026
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If Shakespeare were still alive today, and still writing, he would be bamboozled by the unusualness of Queen Elizabeth II
The gaslighting of the effects of European imperialism in Africa will only project the Western powers as unrepentant overlords with utter disregard and contempt for the sovereignty of African states
While Africa continues to crave wheat, the west is now trying to flee from it
The logic of seeking interventions from overseas was always misguided. We are still reluctant to conclude that we are the saviors we have been waiting for.
Competitive adversarial politics, and its proclivity for creating or entrenching divisions in society, contains elements that are disruptive
Policy makers should not fall in the pit skeptics are trapped in where they denigrate making of high tech products as “mere assembling”
Corruption is so entrenched in our practices that even with numerous institutions and legal frameworks, the tendency is to cover up for the culprits, particularly those with significant political connections
The liberal democratic model that Kenya has embraced is an elite project
Even though UN’s top officials themselves privately acknowledge their organization’s imperviousness to creative thinking, the stakes in Africa are too great to defer to UN sclerosis. Rapid state failure makes the status quo untenable.
“We are a society psychologically beholden to the western gaze. If white people say we are leaders, then that is definitely what we consider ourselves to be.”
If Shakespeare were still alive today, and still writing, he would be bamboozled by the unusualness of Queen Elizabeth II
The gaslighting of the effects of European imperialism in Africa will only project the Western powers as unrepentant overlords with utter disregard and contempt for the sovereignty of African states
While Africa continues to crave wheat, the west is now trying to flee from it
The logic of seeking interventions from overseas was always misguided. We are still reluctant to conclude that we are the saviors we have been waiting for.
Competitive adversarial politics, and its proclivity for creating or entrenching divisions in society, contains elements that are disruptive
Policy makers should not fall in the pit skeptics are trapped in where they denigrate making of high tech products as “mere assembling”
Corruption is so entrenched in our practices that even with numerous institutions and legal frameworks, the tendency is to cover up for the culprits, particularly those with significant political connections
The liberal democratic model that Kenya has embraced is an elite project
Even though UN’s top officials themselves privately acknowledge their organization’s imperviousness to creative thinking, the stakes in Africa are too great to defer to UN sclerosis. Rapid state failure makes the status quo untenable.
“We are a society psychologically beholden to the western gaze. If white people say we are leaders, then that is definitely what we consider ourselves to be.”
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more