....see how lions teach their children? Elephants are caring, and are good feminists or dignified patriarchs. So are gorillas. - Binyavanga Wainaina

Africa is the only continent you can love—take advantage of this. If you are a man, thrust yourself into her warm virgin forests. If you are a woman, treat Africa as a man who wears a bush jacket and disappears off into the sunset.

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated. Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.

Make sure you show how Africans have music and rhythm deep in their souls, and eat things no other humans eat.