The suggestion that Mandela single-handedly achieved democracy is as intellectually threadbare as the charge that he was centrally responsible for the failure to transform South Africa.
Tanzania’s new president seems to be steering the country back towards democracy, but consolidating power won’t be easy.
There may be significant limitations to the political reform that can be realised by new president Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Fela's nomination and possible induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will come at a cost.
Hassan, like Magufuli before her, has taken office without her own political base and will also have to contend with revived factional manoeuvring.
