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Afro-Iranian contemporary world order

Iran and Africa strengthen ties as Iran builds an alliance network outside of the West and Africa looks to a potentially more sympathetic development partner.

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Sources:

Consultancy Africa Intelligence report:
http://tinyurl.com/37e4yr3

South Africa Node, October 2010:
http://newsletters.clearsignals.org/SA-Node_Oct2010.pdf

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Africa's newly educated class

On Sept. 6th, 2010 the first African Student Leadership Summit took place at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Many Africa Colonizers made a point of keeping the local population under-educated to ensure docility. As a result, when African countries gained their independence they were left with a political and economic framework designed by the West, and few citizens who had the experience or education to manage their newly inherited country.

About 50 years after most countries gained their independence the first African Student Leadership Summit took place.

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