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By Andrew M. Mwenda How post-independence failures have helped the West change an image of who Africa’s heroes are At the time of independence, Africa was basking with self-discovery and self-confidence. There was hope and confidence that Africans would shape their destiny independently. We were supposed to cooperate with others …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the West covers Africa and how we, African elites, need to expose these stereotypes I argued last week that there is a double standard among institutions – both public and private – in the western world when dealing with an African country like Rwanda or a …