[t.D.A.]

In my humble opinion it has very little to do with our distance from Europeans. After all, never forget Europeans are probably the most ruthlessly bloodthisty group in history; one only needs to look at their history of colonialism.

If I were to be asked I think that the key is for us to come together in a spirit of togetherness with one shared vision of what tomorrow should be as opposed to things as they exist now which is everyone following their own little agenda. I think once we have our "African dream" that we are all working towards we will get there.

The American forefathers may have been barbaric especially in their treatment of slaves but they were all striving to uphold the declaration of independence and the American Dream.

I say that because after being abroad for a while I don't think I can attribute the success to work ethic because there are a lot of lazy Australians here and a lot of hard working Africans. As for punctuality, there may be something to that. After all how seriously can we say we are taking development if we don't respect it enough to show up on time?

My 2 bob opinion