The Europeans and North Americans have been pouring money and aid into Africa for nearly 200 years. Generation after generation has been taught and financed, and it has finally reached the point where musicians feel they have the right to meet with, and advise, heads of state. Africa is in a mess of its own making, all we can do is tell them to come up with concrete solutions to solve their own problems, and then directly finance the solutions. Trickle down doesn't work in Africa or anywhere else. The reason this situation continues to exist is due to the fact that no generation in Africa or elsewhere has learned from previous generations, consequently, the same mistakes are made over and over again. It is about time non Africans stopped thinking of Africa as the white mans burden, and finally realised Africa is the burden of Africa. Africa's problems can only be solved by Africans. Can you imagine Strauss, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc, telling their rulers what to do? Why not let intelligent Africans represent their continent.
