Capitalism is but the gentleman s form of slavery.
The springtime spectacle of American President William Jefferson Clinton touring West, Central and Southern Africa is one that is vaguely disturbing. To this, the most irredeemably political of men, the wild, green and sun- drenched landscape, peopled by teeming black crowds at every whistlestop, poses irresistible photo opportunities. To men whose very career seems to rest on the vaporous gases of imagery, Africa promises to be a virtual wellspring, designed for domestic consumption. Certainly, an important factor is the ongoing and utterly unrelenting coverage of the president s latest bimbo eruption, the most recent revelation of which woman claimed an assignation with the nation s chief executive, and perhaps, why. If so, the vast and wondrous continent seems somewhat sullied by such usage.