Hahaha, don't make me cry. Comparing yourself (as an individual and as Kenya) to others is empty rhetoric. Even the colonised countries did not all evolve in the exact same ways, even if the colonialists were the same (ie not all Brit colonies even in Africa followed the same post-colonial path, some sunk almost immediately). And there are issues unique to Ethiopia and Liberia (God help them) that render any comparison absolutely baseless.

I am not blaming the white people for all our problems, I am blaming colonialists for colonialism and white people travelling to and settling in Kenya for neocolonialism, which they are each directly responsible for. It's a bitter pill but we're adults, we should get used to swallowing bitter pills in the sickness of life.

I am not blind to our "problems" in Africa, many of which are dues to Africans themselves. But an examination of colonial history will actually draw connections between what happened then and what's happening now. An example which I think is the biggest problem and the worst outcome of colonialism, is (was) elimination of all existing culture. And I don't mean culture as in traditional dances, I mean culture as in way of life. Don't you wonder what values they taught their kids those ancient Africans? What they held important? Nowadays all tribes retain a remnant of their "culture", it is evident in traditional marriage ceremonies and initiations, but I can tell you this is but a sliver of the rich culture that existed. Now we console ourselves with "ruracio" and "aiyee" (forgive any misspelling, I'm relying mostly on phonetics) but even my own grandmother (b. 1929) couldn't tell me what the essence of life was in her earlier years except what existed cuz of colonialism. Where is our culture? We adopted a Western lifestyle and inherited its problems (disease, single parenthood, lack of morals just to name a few) too only we have no idea how to solve them cuz we are lost in this weird new thing no one ever examined collectively, as I am attempting to here. And failing miserably.

I must (reluctantly) admit at some point I also used to think people who spoke like me were mere blame shifters but alas, here I am now trying to clarify the same points and facing widespread accusations of shifting blame and being unhappy in my life, none of which are founded on much.

No matter. We could always agree to disagree...