June 24, 2006
(1) Pictures Mozambique: market in Chimoio
Back in Nairobi after a few week trip overland from Johannesburg, South Africa to Nairobi, Kenya. Observations bring the dilemma’s and always the question: why does development not get through onto this continent and: should development get through here anyway? The dualism in the answers on the question why? It’s people’s own fault, it’s ‘the West’, it’s their leaders, it’s people’s own mentality, it’s past leaders, it’s culture, it’s development aid that made people lazy. But I realized: there are no clear answers. Observations while traveling overland go so many times against all the theories why Africa seems to fail. And an other question: is this continent truly failing. like a lot of people suggest or strongly believe? One moment I tend to believe that humanity has failed here, the next minute I realize that progress is being made. People