Ordinarily op-eds from Rwanda's state run newspaper should be taken with a grain of salt. However, this op-ed is the best analysis I have ever seen about the west's relationship with Africa. "If Rwanda had been a failed state, as some hoped it would be after 1994, it would enjoy the goodwill of many and there would be a rush to help, even if that ended up entrenching the failed country status.
NGOs would be trampling all over the place, setting up this or that project and using the hapless people to raise money in rich countries to finance their lavish lifestyle and hopefully gratify their moral delusions masquerading as activism." |