Once again, the African people are reminded by the scientific world community that the vacuum created by the nescience and minimal participation of African scientists on the issue of AIDS research can be inimical to the African prestige. For sometime, HIV epidemic has been placed on the back seat while it continued to devastate less fortunate communities around the globe.
Leadership is a rare and difficult gift since it often requires risking failure to achieve success.
However, the current finding of the origin of HIV as mentioned above is like de-ja vu again. There has been a constant attempt by the developed world to castigate Africa and Africans in a somber and negative way. This modus operandi dates back to centuries ago especially, a period that epitomized the first European encounter with an African or what looks like an African. It was a period when the Europeans were bored of their environment and decided to explore their surroundings and, in the process contributed to inter continental human interaction. According to anthropological findings, an Italian sailor observed what looked like a black person, which upon seeing the sailor dashed into the forest.