The building of a $40 million leadership academy in South Africa for disadvantaged girls by Oprah Winfrey has been an interesting lesson in the ‘what I would do with $40 million dollars’ exercise.

Well, if time is money, no wonder we’re poor….

Africans and their continent would benefit more from a change of mindset from the West than from the tales of woe used to fill those rattling charity tins.

When journalists say that they are reporting the facts, the fact is that everyone’s version of the facts can differ.

Music – like scents – evokes the most powerful memories, dragging half-forgotten events and incidents out of the storeroom of our minds.

Why is it so easy to project such outrageous claims about Africa and get away with it?

You don’t have to look too far to find an African proverb or saying to help you get the tough lessons of life.