http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/5778804/Barack-Obama-tells-Africa-to-stop-blaming-colonialism-for-problems.htmlhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/-sp-obama-africa-colonial-excuses-pollFWIW, Kofi Annan has said the same thing:http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/17/world/stop-blaming-colonialism-un-chief-tells-africa.html