*Correction: Relatavism should read Relativism
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Mr Jawo,
>
> Thanks for sharing Mo Ibrahim. Interesting lectures. Collective
> responsibility by all is the answer to the failures of governance and bad
> inept leadership in Africa. Ibrahim is a great son of Africa doing a great
> job. Wish a lot more successful Africans like him were doing what he is
> doing.
>
> Indeed it is the irresponsible, corrupt, maniacal dictatorships with their
> lack of direction and vision that keep blaming colonialism and the West for
> their failures. A good example is in SHEPAD of the Gambia with his
> persistent nonsensical rhetoric in blaming the West on just about everything
> that has gone wrong in Africa.
>
> Like Ibrahim posited the likes of SHEPAD have no problem luxuriating
> with products produced in the West, yet when it comes to values based on
> human rights, democracy and some other attendant issues of freedom, African
> dictators will invoke cultural relatavism.
>
> Indeed,* *responsible leadership will usher in good democratic governance
> in Africa and get us out of the mess we are in.
>
> Best,
>
> Mboge
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM, jawo abdoulie <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Date: 14 April 2010 18:45
>> Subject: Mo Ibrahim Foundation | Lecture in Accra
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>> Mo Ibrahim recently delivered a fiery lecture to over 1000 university
>> students at the University of Ghana, Legon. The University’s Great Hall was
>> packed to capacity as Dr Ibrahim called on Africa’s leaders to begin to take
>> responsibility for their actions, and outlined some of the key issues which
>> the continent needs to tackle, including economic integration, agriculture
>> and food security, and climate change.
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>> The lecture was entitled *Taking responsibility: how can we mix the mess
>> that the African continent is in?* The format of the lecture was
>> interactive with students clamouring to participate and address Dr Ibrahim.
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>> Dr Ibrahim’s lecture was part of an extended trip through Africa, which
>> included lectures in Maputo and Nairobi and a civil society gathering in
>> Nairobi.
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>> Audio clips from the lecture are exclusively available on our website at
>> http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/projectsinitiative/working-with-civil-society/lecture-by-mo-ibrahim-in-accra.html
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>> We hope you enjoy the clips; they are also free to download and share.
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