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Africans locked their potential a long time ago

By PETER WANYONYI

Africa always seems to have the worst of everything. From the breed of humans on the continent — Africans are likely the most brutal, most unthinking of people where savagery is concerned — to the fauna we have. But villagers will tell you that the gods do not play favourites, so in their infinite wisdom, they granted every continent pretty much the same as other continents — minerals, people, animals, the like.

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