Pizzey's Perch

For decades famine, drought, strife and cor­rup­tion have been so com­mon in parts of Africa that out­siders could, to an extent, be excused for see­ing them as nor­mal. It is well  past time on many lev­els for the com­fort­able com­pla­cen­cy of will­ful igno­rance to give way to a harsh real­i­ty; the divide between “them” and “us” has been well and tru­ly breached.… Read the rest