Madiba,
I think the article is a good one but I entire agree with
the salient points that Buharry raised.  Civilizations come
and go.  Some of the historians will recall the glorious
days of African civilizations in great empires like Ghana
and Mali but also some of the darkest days of Europe and
America.  Remember the 100 years war between England and
France and the great American civil war?

It looks as though the greatest problem of Africa is
leadership.  But remember that leaders are not created from
the vacuum but they are products of their environment  (at
least to some extent).  But there have been great African
leaders in the form of Nkrumah, Lumumber, Biko, etc..  What
did the West do with them?

I do not want to blame the west entirely for our woes but
they certainly cannot absolve themselves from it.  May be you
should read Walter Rodney's 'How Europe underdeveloped
Africa'.

I will send you a private e-mail later to tell you what I
doing at the moment.

Asalamu alaikum
Mansour

On Tue, 16 May 2000 17:36:28 -0700 "Dr. Madiba Saidy"
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> Hi Buharry,
>
> Yes, the racist diatribe aside, the article is a frank (excellent to
> some) analysis of Africa's problems. I hope Tombong forwards it to the
> despot of Kanilai and "that woman".
>
> With best regards,
>
> Madiba.
>
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