Ideology

Over the years, the African continent has done little or nothing to discard the borrowed robes that she currently adorns and flaunts. She has stayed open to ‘Westernisation’ despite the fact that it bears no advantage to the continent. Like round pegs in square holes, African and western ideologies do not fit each other. So why then do Africans keep trying to push a misfit into fitting when the continuous efforts only amount to worsening situations?

When you ask an African about development, the average person will tell you that the western way of life equates to development. If you …