Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.
Africa is poor because she is not free.
African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.