Add to that Africa's colonial, archaic education system, which has been unthinkingly carried over from the 1920s -- and at the age of 15, I could name all the various causes of the wars that had happened in Europe in the past 200 years, but I couldn't name the president of my neighboring country.
Lägg sedan till Afrikas koloniala, ålderdomliga utbildningssystem, som tanklöst har förts vidare sedan 1920-talet - vid 15 års ålder kunde jag nämna alla olika orsaker till de krig som varit i Europa under de senaste 200 åren, men jag visste inte vem som var president i mitt grannland.