Togo's foreign minister wasn't having any of it. He talked of an accelerating “African awakening,” of a resolve to “fight our own battles,” of a refusal to be banished to the children's table while the musclebound great powers of the 20th century moved chess pieces around the board.
“Nobody is at the center of the world," Robert Dussey said in French, his voice emphatic. “We don’t want to be relegated to the background as the world develops.”
