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| | Mail & Guardian Online: |
 | | The Spectator, the famous British conservative weekly (founded 1828), has launched an appeal to send copies of the magazine to Africa, in order to offer spiritual and intellectual sustenance to the benighted citizens of this poor continent. |
 | | Archly, The Spectator admits that “the writings of, say, Taki will be a puzzle to, say, the Bushmen of the Kalahari”, but continues: “The intention is not to provide an answer; it is simply to provide a choice. |
 | | The Spectator, in some myopic time warp, seems unable to distinguish between the fact that, today, new elites in Africa no longer tend to object so much to free market ideology as to the cloying, colonial-era arrogance that is still frequently dispensed — like milk-bottle tops — along with such prescriptions (and condescending subscriptions). |
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