Earlier this month, the South Korea – Africa summit was held in Seoul. Forty-eight African countries were represented, with 21 being represented by heads of state and government.
What did these African representatives think when they saw the ultramodern, clean, orderly city that symbolises South Korea’s spectacular rise from a poor Third World country in the 1960s to the rich developed country it is today? I wonder if they felt any shame because, in the ‘60s, African countries such as Kenya were more or less at par, in terms of GDP and per capita income, with South Korea.
