Its all about internalist solutions. In the Guardian:
US president tells African leaders to look inward for solutions instead of blaming the west for the continent's problems
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The US president has told African leaders to look inward for solutions to the continent's economic problems instead of making "excuses" based on a history of dependence and colonisation.More here
Barack Obama, who was speaking to 500 young Africans finishing a six-week Washington leadership fellowship, will host the Africa leaders summit in Washington next week. He said while it was important for developed countries to consider providing targeted debt relief, it was time to end the notion that all of Africa's problems resulted from "onerous debt imposed by the west".
"At some point, we have to stop looking somewhere else for solutions, and you have to start looking for solutions internally," Obama said. "And as powerful as history is, and you need to know that history, at some point, you have to look to the future and say, 'OK, we didn't get a good deal then, but let's make sure that we're not making excuses for not going forward.'"