I suppose we thought, hoped, that someone, somewhere, must already be doing what we thought necessary and no doubt doing it better than we ever could. We fought off the growing realisation that this was not so. So far as we could ascertain nothing was being done in Africa to encourage the use of vegetable protein food as a viable and an alternative to meat, eggs and dairy products. Now we know that there are a few noble souls, like our friend Emmanuel Eyoh of the Nigerian Vegetarian Society, doing sterling work in difficult circumstances. They lead people to aspire to 'western' diets, and do a good job preparing the way for the eventual grand entry of MacBurgers Incorporated.
Governments are no better.
The continent cannot survive such 'progress'. That's what it is all about of course. Fortunately indigenous people are waking up to the threat. When people see that their environment, their health and even their lives are threatened, they fight back.