[kictanet] Interesting Piece ...

[Daniel Waweru]

Astonishingly stupid piece. I wouldn't have been surprised had it turned
out that Ewart Grogan had written it. This part, in particular, is
exceptionally stupid:

Knowing well that King Cobra will not embody innovation at Walter’s level
> let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can
> succeed him after a term or two. That way we can make our own stone
> crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Let’s
> dream big and make tractors, cars, and planes, or, like Walter said,
> forever remain inferior.


since it *fully* accepts the colonial premiss that the human value of
people depends on their level of technological advancement. The author
proves his point about African intellectuals, if not in quite the way he
expects.


Daniel Waweru
www.kenyaimagine.com
Art and analysis; debate and opinion.


On 22 January 2012 17:30, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:

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