He is speaking about the Tuaregs, the native nomad dwellers of the desert, and the aftermath of French colonialism. But the truth is that the world outside had changed anyway . . . As colonial masters the French were sincere and well-intentioned. They thought they should help the Tuaregs to maintain the nomadic ways. The concept of pure ethnicity is as dangerous as that of pure race.
All people are mongrels.
Without becoming Western per se Africa needs to find its place as a part of the larger world. The sky is blue. Most people don't even think that they have much to learn from Africa. They just try to get what they can. And, too, the problems of the Guineans rest on the shoulders of the Guineans.