Inconvenient Truth: When the Elephants Forget the Grass

Africa is not being held back by politics. It is being held back by politicking: the moment ambition for the nation is quietly replaced by ambition for the party.

It Begins the Moment We Stop Asking What Is Best for the Nation.

There is a distinction that Africa can no longer afford to blur. Politics, at its finest, is among humanity's noblest pursuits: the art of organising society, balancing competing interests and improving citizens' lives. Without it, democracies cannot function, and institutions lose their direction. Politics, properly practised, is indispensable to civilisation itself. ...