Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.

Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.

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

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.