"This is why I focus on prosperity-building instead of complaining all the time about the past."

"Whenever I say colonialism isn't why Africa is poor today, people rush to say 'but it's neocolonialism.'
    "The truth is we are 'neo-colonised' because we are poor. We are not poor because we are neo-colonised.
    "In today's world, nations either create prosperity or they live under someone else's rules. This is why I focus on prosperity-building instead of complaining all the time about the past.
    "It's the only way out."

~ Magatte Wade from her post 'Why Is Africa Poor?'