A Society That Does Not Correctly Interpret

Democracy Opens New Vistas And Opportunities. We Should Use The Opportunities It Offers To Correct Past Mistakes Not To Blunder Anew.

At The Same, We Need To Remain Sensitive To The Reality That We Are Still An African Society In Which The Majority Of The People And Communities Live Under Severe Deprivations And Afflictions That Are No Fault Of Theirs.

The Return Of Democracy In Our Land Has Indeed Thrown The Problems Of Development Into Bolder Relief.

Informed By Our Sad Experience Of History, We Require Nothing Short Of A Foundation For Lasting Democracy.

I Believe That Historians And Analysts Of Historical Events Need The Authority Of Facts Supplied By Living Witnesses To The Events, Which They Make Their Subject.