Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/01

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Subject: [Leica] Not in Zim
From: clive.moss at gmail.com (Clive Moss)
Date: Tue Jul 1 21:11:03 2008
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None that I can think of off the top of my head.
Even South Africa may not be "lasting" - and several European  
countries have slipped out of democracy over that last century.
Democracy has a very tenuous hold on the world, come to think of it.  
People like it. Rulers don't.

On Jul 1, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Clive,
>
> I now would like to ask:    How many African nations have  
> successfully risen from a colonial status to a LASTING
> democratic power other than South Africa?  Kenya does not count  
> because it did not last!
>

Clive
http://clive.smugmug.com
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