“I do not have a job. There are no jobs. Nobody cares for us in Nigeria. My people borrowed and contributed money for me to pay the driver that takes people to Mali and across the border to Libya. From there, I hope to cross over to Italy or Spain with the boat.
In discussions relating to political as well as socio-economical issues concerning Africa , a predominant topic is always corruption. It seems that the general perception of Africa in the global view is that of a continent entangled in the strangulating net of corruption. This latent synonymical association of Africa with corruption raises the question, “Is corruption specific to Africa ?” In a panel discussion