> The entire village system across the congo, through kenya, to sierra leone
You went from the west coast to the east while skipping Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique.
> There is very few instances of a hereditary "president" system in most of Africa.
There is actually quite a lot. The word Ghana even means “king”. I have given you two examples of kingships with a history of over 200 years from two different countries. Traditional leadership however do not resemble a president (since most traditional organisations were small).
> You pick a single example and then say "that is how Africa is".
You pick a few unsupported examples based on your belief. You seem to reject (without motivation) the countries I mentioned (South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, etc…). In all of these countries several systems of traditional leadership that is hereditary, dictorial and fairly small is found (in South Africa’s case, more than 9).
> Africans are completely different.
This is a retarded statement. I bet I have met more Africans and had more interaction with Africans from many countries a month than you had in your entire life. Have you gone to Kenya for a holiday and turned into an expert?
> What type of absurd extrapolation are you making when you claim your limited experience is representative of the entirerity of the continent?
You claim your view covers the entire continent. I gave you several examples which clearly falsify your theory. There is a reason why African countries tend to have the same government structure and level of development. The simple reason is that they were at the same stage of development and there is cross-pollination of ideas and people moving.
Do you think that it was a coincidence that the whole of Europe had the same type of government structure for several centuries?
> that can support your view of Africa as a continent of savage chiefs that kill people (and then boil them in large metal pots likely).
I do not think this at all. What you doing is the strawman argument – you make a easy strawman and then knock it down.
The reason (as previously stated) why the governmental structures is early similar is because of the same level of development (and similar structures existed in Europe at some stage). I personally think that your view is more based on your political view than mine.
> It's making me angry, and people like you are not worth my being angry about.
Here you descent into personal insults. This is just nasty. Just because your theory about African traditional leadership does not fit with the facts, doesn’t give you a reason to get angry. Don’t shoot the messenger.
You went from the west coast to the east while skipping Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique.
> There is very few instances of a hereditary "president" system in most of Africa.
There is actually quite a lot. The word Ghana even means “king”. I have given you two examples of kingships with a history of over 200 years from two different countries. Traditional leadership however do not resemble a president (since most traditional organisations were small).
> You pick a single example and then say "that is how Africa is".
You pick a few unsupported examples based on your belief. You seem to reject (without motivation) the countries I mentioned (South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, etc…). In all of these countries several systems of traditional leadership that is hereditary, dictorial and fairly small is found (in South Africa’s case, more than 9).
> Africans are completely different.
This is a retarded statement. I bet I have met more Africans and had more interaction with Africans from many countries a month than you had in your entire life. Have you gone to Kenya for a holiday and turned into an expert?
> What type of absurd extrapolation are you making when you claim your limited experience is representative of the entirerity of the continent?
You claim your view covers the entire continent. I gave you several examples which clearly falsify your theory. There is a reason why African countries tend to have the same government structure and level of development. The simple reason is that they were at the same stage of development and there is cross-pollination of ideas and people moving.
Do you think that it was a coincidence that the whole of Europe had the same type of government structure for several centuries?
> that can support your view of Africa as a continent of savage chiefs that kill people (and then boil them in large metal pots likely).
I do not think this at all. What you doing is the strawman argument – you make a easy strawman and then knock it down.
The reason (as previously stated) why the governmental structures is early similar is because of the same level of development (and similar structures existed in Europe at some stage). I personally think that your view is more based on your political view than mine.
> It's making me angry, and people like you are not worth my being angry about.
Here you descent into personal insults. This is just nasty. Just because your theory about African traditional leadership does not fit with the facts, doesn’t give you a reason to get angry. Don’t shoot the messenger.