Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grew up in an Iran dominated by Western influence. Three years before he was born, the U.S. CIA aided in a coup to install the pro-Western Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as head of state. Many Iranians, led by the country's Islamic clerics, resented the Western incursion into Iran's politics.
Profesa Ngugi ambaye jina lake la ubatizo ni James, ambalo aliliacha na kutumia Ngugi wa Thiong’o akitambulisha uafrika wake, alisema Bara la Afrika ni kubwa duniani, lakini limeendelea kutawaliwa kifikra, nje watu wanajiona Waafrika lakini katika akili kwenye bongo zao ni Wazungu kiutawala, kiutendaji na kisiasa, hali inayojenga matabaka makubwa.