And I thought I would do just one thing on the 100 laptop here just to prove that this stuff works here.

I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks, and so on and so on and so on while I was building the case to prove whether this idea would make sense.

But maybe it was time to prove to myself, yes, it's important to understand the past, it is important to look at it in a different light, but maybe we should look at the strengths in our own culture and build on those foundations in the present.