[The Westerner]

Well, if you believe in such a thing as universal truth, what the Africans need is a healthy dose of it, whether from a white, black, male, female, alive or dead person. We can ring our hands and worry self-consciously about "imperialism"--a habit borne of a (socialist, anti-rationality) university education. Or we could send our best Western scholars there to teach them John Locke, the Constitution, Aristotle, Ludwig Von Mises, Ayn Rand, Henry Hazlitt, etc. No one would think of that though. We live in an irrational time.

[Proud Legions]

I agree. Actually, I would like to see more of many of those you mention taught in our own universities as well!

[wizardoz]

Or we could send our best Western scholars there to teach them John Locke, the Constitution, Aristotle, Ludwig Von Mises, Ayn Rand, Henry Hazlitt, etc. No one would think of that though. We live in an irrational time.

I'm with you. I just finished reading Leonard Peikoff's OMINOUS PARALLELS and my hair is still standing on end. I don't even need gel anymore.