> African countries are already well integrated into the international
> economy. The problem is really about how they are integrated. What makes
> you [Wojtek] think western companies would want an Africa as you propose it, ie one
> that could negotiate on equal terms? What makes you think that such a
> coherent pan-africanist state would not exacerbate regional/ethnic tensions?
Sandbox politics. The actors are little cardboard figures that move according to the will of the projector*. If Africans won't act like W's cardboard figures, so much the worse for Africa.
Carrol
*Swift's use of the word.