Ancestor Stones 2

Thinking about Ancestor Stones and all of Africa after the colonizers left made me think of the film Diner de Cons. The film is a comedy that centers on a successful businessman and his idiotic companion. The idiot continually tries to help the businessman out of sticky situations, and although he has the best intentions and thinks he is doing what's best, he ends up making things worse. This makes me think of the "humanitarian" efforts in Africa, as well as other places around the world. European countries, along with the USA, always seem to think they know what's best for other "less civilized" countries. But how do they know what's best? They often end up causing unwanted affects and sometimes even wars. In trying to make the situation better, they end up making it worse. Everything we have read thus far, especially Ancestor Stones, since we get to take a look at post-colonial Africa, reminds me of this concept. The US and other European countries are, symbolically, the idiot portrayed in Diner de Cons, and Africa, or any other "lesser" country, is symbolically the businessman. The businessman can take care of himself and survives just fine doing things his way. All the idiot does is make things worse.