Africa is a mess. It is a mess by any civilized measure of human progress. It is a mess by most uncivilized measures of human progress. (Jonah Goldberg)

Africa is a mess. It is a mess by any civilized measure of human progress. It is a mess by most uncivilized measures of human progress.

Jonah Goldberg

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