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.

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

The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

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

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

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.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.