Leaders have fleeced us dry; stop them! We deserve human dignity

It could take two or three generations to change that impression if we start working on it right now. For we know that we are not as daft as what our public officials have led the world to think we are. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG 

Even before this coronavirus outbreak is concluded one way or another, Africans have certainly learnt a thing or two.

We are now sure that some people on other continents do not hold us in very high regard. This is a very good thing. It could be the rude awakening that we needed.