‘Africa is a mess’
In 2002, Johnson said, “Africa is a mess, but we can’t blame colonialism.” “Almost every dollar of Western aid seems tied to some programme of female emancipation — stamping out clitorectomy, polygamy, bride-price, or whatever. And while some readers may feel vaguely that the African male should not be stampeded into abandoning his ancient prerogatives, one cannot doubt the care — bordering on obsession — with which Western workers pursue their ends,” he wrote in a Spectator article.
