"Make no mistake about it; I never believed that an Obama presidency would become a reality because I had my ingrained suspicion on the American system and its people. I had my fear that, although he is really good, but that American system and its famed catholic viability will not tolerate a black man as president." Yet the writer asks Africans to made demands of a flawed system? Is this a reason Africa remains in the dark ages? What type of education would it take to accept people as they are? Africa has its challenges and it should take Africans to resolve those. Then you may go and seek help. Africa is not poor and someday, people would begin to realize that we are sitting on a huge chunk of world's minerals. We do not need to continue living like poor beggars at the rich man's door.

HUBRIS, the enemy supreme of sound livivg prevents most Africans from acknowledging what is evidently, sun-clear obvious: African soupist leaders have made MOST AFRICANS beggars: beggars in economic matters---I mean MONEY---, cultural matters and, even brain matters.

If you are cool with this situation, cool; if you are not, then, FIRST ACCEPT THE ATTESTED FACT OF PECUNIARY STRESS, and then do something about it.

Jabbing about Obama and other American politicians (e.g. Speaker of the House, the powerful Nancy Pelosi), is bunkum. Fix your own problems, for crying out loud.

Cheers.