In the Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai stresses the importance of the need for Africans to invent and implement their own solutions, rather than relying on foreign aid and Western vision for change. She calls for revolution in leadership (political and individual) for growth and development to happen in the country.
"Africa has been on her knees for too long, whether during dehumanizing slave trade, under the colonial yoke, begging for aid from international community, paying now-illegitimate debts, or praying for miracles. At both the top and the bottom, all Africans must believe again; that they are capable of walking their own path and forging their own identity, that they can honor and practice their cultures and make them relevant to todays needs; and that they no longer need to be indebted-financially, intellectually and spiritually - to those who once governed them. They must rise up and walk."
The book shows the immense amounts of hardships that Africans have to endure but "Africans must believe again". Their life would certainly get better as political and economic leadership will soon rise. I really hope the best for Africa.
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