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Conversation with Brian Kagoro on Africa: “We must take charge of our own destiny”
Brian Kagoro offers reflections on why Africans must take charge of their own destiny and realize that “no one owes Africa a meal or a living”.
Brian Kagoro offers reflections on why Africans must take charge of their own destiny and realize that “no one owes Africa a meal or a living”.
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“There is something about being African: it’s in our music. It’s in our poetry. It’s in our dance. It’s in our everyday common practice. This ability to harness strength even when we live in the midst of great weakness is the thing that will make this continent great,” Brian Kagoro offers reflections on why Africans must take charge of their own destiny and realize that “no one owes Africa a meal or a living”.
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Published originally by © The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) and it is published here with permission of OSIEA.

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