*Correction: Relatavism should read Relativism * On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Mr Jawo, > > Thanks for sharing Mo Ibrahim. Interesting lectures. Collective > responsibility by all is the answer to the failures of governance and bad > inept leadership in Africa. Ibrahim is a great son of Africa doing a great > job. Wish a lot more successful Africans like him were doing what he is > doing. > > Indeed it is the irresponsible, corrupt, maniacal dictatorships with their > lack of direction and vision that keep blaming colonialism and the West for > their failures. A good example is in SHEPAD of the Gambia with his > persistent nonsensical rhetoric in blaming the West on just about everything > that has gone wrong in Africa. > > Like Ibrahim posited the likes of SHEPAD have no problem luxuriating > with products produced in the West, yet when it comes to values based on > human rights, democracy and some other attendant issues of freedom, African > dictators will invoke cultural relatavism. > > Indeed,* *responsible leadership will usher in good democratic governance > in Africa and get us out of the mess we are in. > > Best, > > Mboge > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM, jawo abdoulie <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Media <[log in to unmask]<http:[log in to unmask]> >> > >> Date: 14 April 2010 18:45 >> Subject: Mo Ibrahim Foundation | Lecture in Accra >> To: >> >> >> Mo Ibrahim recently delivered a fiery lecture to over 1000 university >> students at the University of Ghana, Legon. The University’s Great Hall was >> packed to capacity as Dr Ibrahim called on Africa’s leaders to begin to take >> responsibility for their actions, and outlined some of the key issues which >> the continent needs to tackle, including economic integration, agriculture >> and food security, and climate change. >> >> The lecture was entitled *Taking responsibility: how can we mix the mess >> that the African continent is in?* The format of the lecture was >> interactive with students clamouring to participate and address Dr Ibrahim. >> >> Dr Ibrahim’s lecture was part of an extended trip through Africa, which >> included lectures in Maputo and Nairobi and a civil society gathering in >> Nairobi. >> >> Audio clips from the lecture are exclusively available on our website at >> http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/projectsinitiative/working-with-civil-society/lecture-by-mo-ibrahim-in-accra.html >> >> We hope you enjoy the clips; they are also free to download and share. >> >> >> Disclaimer >> ------------------------------ >> This email (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal >> views which are not the views of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation unless >> specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from >> your system and do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor >> act in reliance on it, and notify the sender immediately. While we make >> every effort to keep our network free from viruses, you need to verify that >> this email and any attachments are virus-free, as we can take no >> responsibility for any computer virus which may be transferred by way of >> them. >> >> Mo Ibrahim Foundation is registered as a company in Jersey, number 92951. >> Its registered office is at 23/25 Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8ND >> but please send any correspondence to 3rd Floor North, 35 Portman Square, >> London W1H 6LR. >> >> MIF Services (UK) Limited is registered as a company in England No. >> 5770952. Its registered office is at Summit House, 170 Finchley Road, London >> NW3 6BP but please send any correspondence to 3rd Floor North, 35 Portman >> Square, London W1H 6LR. >> >> This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the >> List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤