CH,
You cannot debunk my premise, because you never identified a leader who is not useless.
" It’s a very important relationship and there’s no gainsaying that much of the intellectual leader-ship and qualified manpower of the African Diaspora is located in the United States."
Intellectual is an adjective I hate to utilize because the definition refers to the ability to reason and understand. In the history of my paternal country, Sierra Leone, "intellectuals" supported the idea of a one party system of government, and after it was practiced for almost two decades that model was more than disastrous.
History has demonstrated that being educated or being "an intellectual" does not equate to good or great political leadership. Though Kofi Busia was more formally educated than Kwame Nkrumah, the later accomplished more in three years for Ghana than the former did in a comparable phase.
Equating higher education and political leadership is one of the salient problems that has affected sub-Saharan Africa. Sierra Leone rapidly descended to the dump from 1977 when Siaka Stevens' cabinet was populated with Ph.D's.
I leave you with a quote from William Shakespeare which must be applicable to all the people of African descent, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them."
Almost all of the past and present "leaders" of sub-Saharan Africa had 'greatness thrust upon them'.
William Bangura (WB)
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:
First of all, William Bangura’s ”I totally disagree with this idea of inviting 47 feckless African "Heads of States" to a summit in Washington” would imply that all 47 invitees – without exception – are what he would describe as “feckless” . I’m sure that even Mo Ibrahim would not agree to that sort of characterisation of Africa’s best – even assuming that Africa does not get the democratically elected leaders that Africa deserves.Should none of these 47 Africans Union be invited to the summit? You would prefer that there was no such summit at all?
It’s possible that if “a Caucasian Republican president” had organized such a meeting there would have been a hue and cry from some quarters, but right now that is beside the point.
It’s a very important relationshipand there’s no gainsaying that much of the intellectual leader-ship and qualified manpower of the African Diaspora is located in the United States
In this competitive world of international relations, establishing contact and dialoguing with such leaders is one way of approach. Would William Bangura suggest the more paternalistic stick and carrot approach for the US doing business with Africa? How would you like to “redeem” the situation? Any suggestions?
The main critique of China’s approach to Africa has been that China tends to ignore African leaders’ Human Rights records and does not make such records a condition for doing business...
On Thursday, 23 January 2014 02:49:10 UTC+1, william bangura wrote:President Obama never ceases to amaze me. I totally disagree with this idea of inviting 47 feckless African "Heads of States" to a summit in Washington.This invitation is a testament that he supports their socio-economic and political policies. If a Caucasian Republican president had organized this meeting there will be hues and cries from the "Liberal left" and the African-American 'mercenaries' (those who PRETEND that they empathize with the subjugated sub-Saharan Africans only to host and applaud "democrats" such as Macias Obieng of Equatorial Guinea, Museveni of Uganda and Kagame of Rwanda to name a few) against such a rendezvous given the current situation of wars, corruption, maladministration and repressions.Though I am to the left of the liberals in my Democratic party, I question President Obama's foreign policy in sub-Saharan Africa.William Bangura (WB)On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emea...@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
“Brother Obama , soon to be less tied up in Afghanistan is making his move and will be paying
a lot more attention to Africa:Obama to invite 47 African heads of state.”
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Well they can learn from him a thing or two about extra-judicial assassinations
and domestic surveillance.
GE
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Thus far there’s been so much moaning and mooning about China’s progress in Africa and some groaning about Uncle Sam’s increasing military presence on the African continent via Africom ; and now after Iraq, Brother Obama , soon to be less tied up in Afghanistan is making his move and will be paying a lot more attention to Africa:Obama to invite 47 African heads of state
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