Africa has, since independence, been like a beautiful young woman overwhelmed by the attention powerful men pay to her, oblivious to the fact that her physical beauty has to fade and, unless she nurtures other forms of beauty like material wealth and successful children, she will be discarded and ignored in a few decades.
She risks facing the same fate as her mother, who was born 60 years ago and grew up seeing two rich but vicious men competing for her.
