Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism, and mass slaughter. However, a force is able to dominate because the counterforce is either nonexistent or weak.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.