Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

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.

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