I meant to write 'Solely responsible'.. my apology for the error. Demba On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A reader and contributor to Gainako has an interesting perspective on Dr. > Jallow's great article titled "Redefining Africa" . Dr. Samuel Artley > looked at Africa's status from a different angle. He is with the opinion > that Africa's design is flawed and may have been intentionally made so to > ensure that African states fail or are only able to achieve minimal > temporal success. He argued that only African Unity and redesign of the > system can make Africa successful.. > > I find this position very interesting and make me look beyond Africa on > how colonial powers designed many other nations or continents they > colonized. Were these designs intentional to create a permanent division > and tension among regional states example, Asia pacific; Japan, Korea, > Vietnam, China etc or Latin America...interesting... read the full article > at: > > http://gainako.com/?p=7119 > > Questions that comes to mind: Isn't Africa still surely responsible for > discovering that in fact its design is flawed and should do something to > fix the problem or find a solution to make progress despite the flawed > design or has the damage been permanently made and cannot be revised? > > Note that Dr. Jallow's article in fact did touch on how the Colonialists > partitioned Africa into small states thus creating some of the problems Dr > Artley highlighted.. > > Link to Dr. Jallow's article: http://gainako.com/?p=7070 > > What do you think? > > Happy thanksgiving in advance and the Jallow's, Nyanchos & Sereres watch > the turkey please... > > Thanks > > Demba > > -- > *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* > -- *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤