Africa is poor because she is not free.
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
Radio is the death and life of Africa.
Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.