Karl, I aim to please.

Seriously though, my comment also actually reflects what I hear from quite a lot of people who visit your continent on a 1-2 week photo safari or other similar vacation. They come home and think they know everything about Africa, Africans, how well foreign aid works (or doesn't

), African politics, etc etc.

The fact that they've flown a charter plane directly from the int. airport to Kruger, Masai Mara or whichever national park they are going to, with a short stop one day in some nearby village that is set up to entertain visiting tourists for a couple of hours, doesn't stop them at all. They are 100% positive that they have then seen and experienced the "real" Africa, and are able to analyze and advise about all the ins and outs. Even in other African countries where they haven't been to, which as we know can often be quite different then the one they did visit shortly.

But then what would I know.

Erik