The G8 meets the dragon in Africa

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

As G8 leaders assemble in Toyako in Japan, it has not escaped keen observers that the entry of China into the game of doling money has radically changed the way Africa is perceived in the World.

Africa has become a strategic energy supplier to large economies. The G8 has been synonymous with Tony Blair's sentiments of characterizing Africa as 'the scar on the conscience of the World.'

The G8's traditional approach to Africa has always been backed up by a squad of celebrities and Western NGOs who thrive on 'popularizing' poverty, disease, famine and hopelessness on the continent.

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