[Tailback]

The problem with Africa is they simply don't learn period. An entire continent basically non-productive. The state of California probably grows more food and creates more wealth than the entire African continent.

[maro]

And they're yammering for millions in foreign aid. Until they reform themselves, all aid to Africa is like flushing dollar bills down the toilet.

[yendu bwam]

I lived in Africa for some time. The people are wonderful. The governments are dictatorial, corrupt and hardly concerned about the welfare of their peoples. Those governments have made an entire mess of the continent - after which they blame the West for their problems. Nothing will change until ordinary Africans demand such - as Americans did in the late 1700s.