Every time I start to get optimistic about the future of Africa I trip across a story like this one. Africa has so much potential, it is a shame to see horrific examples of cultural madness that are trying to hold the progress back.
Henry Stanley was a hero in his time. “Dr. Livingston I presume” made him famous and a short hand figure for the adventurous hero. More recently he has been branded a pariah, his association with the Belgian Congo, his harsh treatment of everyone he ran into have made him into a modern symbol of all [...]
Apparently gamblers in Africa have come to believe that if you smoke a vulture brain you will get a glimpse at the future. The result of this superstition is the likely extinction of vultures in Africa. What a lovely world. What would be nice is if people thought you could see the future from smoking [...]