http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/mandelarhodesscholars/2008/03/12/the-prize-for-achievement-in-african-leadership-juicy-carrot-or-red-herring/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/mandelarhodesscholars/2008/03/12/the-prize-for-achievement-in-african-leadership-juicy-carrot-or-red-herring/comment-page-1/#comment-25659 Cynthia Ayeza Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/mandelarhodesscholars/2008/03/12/the-prize-for-achievement-in-african-leadership-juicy-carrot-or-red-herring/#comment-25659 Thanks for this piece Olivier.I am grateful for people that are willing to invest in African youth for the future of the continent... I also agree with the idea that it will take alittle more than afew scholarships and prizes here and there, acting as incentives inorder to make a significant difference in Africa...sometimes I am not sure that Africans would appreciate a Hoe as opposed to a donation... can we really break away from this cycle, when really we do not want to dig (even if every one of us may have it within us to want to learn how to use the Hoe)...A part of me is wary of African leaders that portray the idea that they do not want to depend on donations when they are the very people signing the documentation for more aid to Africa... I also wonder what role we, as Africans, play in depicting the tainted image that our continent has?! The world knows about Idi Amin courtesy of the media amongst other factors. In Uganda, the media is filled with Ugandands...yet none of them ever dared or dares to portray him as anything other than monstrous - I was almost convinced that Idi Amin was never humane - I guess he had no family and friends, right? We do have a long way to go I suppose. Donations, Aid, Scholarships, Nobel prizes... it has got to start with us - a change in mentality. Thanks for this piece Olivier.I am grateful for people that are willing to invest in African youth for the future of the continent… I also agree with the idea that it will take alittle more than afew scholarships and prizes here and there, acting as incentives inorder to make a significant difference in Africa…sometimes I am not sure that Africans would appreciate a Hoe as opposed to a donation… can we really break away from this cycle, when really we do not want to dig (even if every one of us may have it within us to want to learn how to use the Hoe)…A part of me is wary of African leaders that portray the idea that they do not want to depend on donations when they are the very people signing the documentation for more aid to Africa… I also wonder what role we, as Africans, play in depicting the tainted image that our continent has?! The world knows about Idi Amin courtesy of the media amongst other factors. In Uganda, the media is filled with Ugandands…yet none of them ever dared or dares to portray him as anything other than monstrous – I was almost convinced that Idi Amin was never humane – I guess he had no family and friends, right? We do have a long way to go I suppose. Donations, Aid, Scholarships, Nobel prizes… it has got to start with us – a change in mentality.

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