In this gregarious society, whose roots lie in traditional culture, it is inconceivable for the individual to have an existence outside his or her community. But individuality is precisely where the source of progress lies. Of all these problems, the most serious is probably an inferiority complex, which has a tremendous hold in Africa. It generates a culture of dependence to the detriment of a culture of responsibility, paralyzes and suffocates the whole continent, destroys the basis of social cohesiveness. Africans do not trust Africans.
Whites enjoy more consideration and are given more resources than blacks.
Take a personal example. In 1987, during a lecture tour in black Africa, I was arrested in one country and brought before the ministry of youth, sports, culture and scientific research, which considered my speech on African culture suspicious. At the end of a prolonged interrogation, a white man walked into the office. He spoke out on my behalf. The minister immediately changed his tone.