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    DEVELOPMENT: By Christi van der Westhuizen CAPE TOWN, Nov 6 (IPS) - Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa" This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development. Full Article at Inter Press Service
    should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
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DEVELOPMENT: "Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists"
  1. We have to ask ourselves whether we are changing power relations or whether we are ratifying them.
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
  2. We should not rely on the goodwill of external resources.
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
  3. It is pitched as being about material goods and not about happiness or contentment
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
  4. the problem is the concept of power and people losing their ability to make any change
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
  5. for being the masters of our own future. Otherwise we will remain exporters of raw materials and importers of finished goods
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago
  6. Africans give to family members and people close to the family, rather than strangers
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service 2 weeks ago

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