Radio is the death and life of Africa.

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

Dictators cause the world’s worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

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

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.