After Critically reviewing the article, I was greatly disturbed and my mind was choked with the contents of it. Africa was very independent and self sustaining before the slave trade and colonialism, But since these two menace came to the continent, we have been struggling and are never ourselves again. Destroying our human resources for no just cost is a curse, This reminds me of when President Johnson opposes Black Suffrage in 1867, he said " If it were practicable at this time to give the Blacks a government exclusively their own, under which they might manage their own affairs in their own way, it would become a grave question whether we ought to do so, or whether common humanity would not require to save them from themselves." He emphasized that no independent government of any form has ever been successful in The hands of the Negroes, on the contrary, wherever we have been left to our own devices we have shown a tendency to relapse into barbarism. A divided nation where people don't apply common sense for the general prosperity is a cursed nation. But if anything can be proved by known facts,if all reasoning upon evidence is not abandoned, it must be aknowledged that in the progress of nations, Africans have shown less capacity for government than any other continent. What is Africa's Problem? Is it a Curse, Poor leadership or the Mass Migration of ambitious and Talented Africans to The West. In reality, I think if it is a curse, We Africans inflicted it on oursellves, by been selfish, hateful and corrupt we ruined and continue to ruin our continent with the ticking of each second. What plans do Africans in the west have for Africa apart from being border line mouthy in discussing African politics. I guess we should confront our leaders with ideas and suggestion, and if necessary, show them the way. A sense of Direction is what we need to subvert the curse into a blessing or else we will falter. It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives, to change our current direction,we have to change our philosophy not our circumstances, With a good philosophy our circumstances will change for the good. Edward _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~