We need more spirit, less obedience.

Comments on politics and culture in Africa as of March 14, 2005. Details of the author's development of an understanding of African culture, and its relationship with Western culture; Comparison of the cultural traditions of Africans with those of Afro-Carribeans and other non-African blacks; Discussion of stereotypes associated with African culture; Description of the psychological aspects of political and social change; Contrasts between cultural values and traditions in Africa and in the West; Comments on the value of dissent and civil disobedience in political change.