i'm not sure how i'd be able to weigh in on the subject, if at all, but your stance has merit.

as westernized as i am it's hard for me to conceive anything other than democracy as being acceptable, but i can't reject dictatorships outright.

i will say that african nations at large haven't had the opportunity to experience democracy without outside influence though. a lot of the tribalist conflicts are instigated by forces from outside the continent, as you well know.

but maybe it's an issue of culture. maybe most african cultures value the virtues of conviction more than the practicality of compromise (this may be an american projection on my behalf though).

i can't call it.

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