Nicolas Sarkozy on Africa

http://togowestafrica.blogspot.com/2007/07/mr-sarkozy-in-africa_30.html

For anyone interested in the philosophizing about how Africa got where it is and how it could get elsewhere, have a read of the French President's first speech in Africa since his election:
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What is tragic about Africa is that Africans haven't entered enough into the course of history.