Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

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.

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

Africa is poor because she is not free.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.