Fathers of Nations Excerpt 3 Answers
Here are the answers to Excerpt 3 Questions 1. Ms Mckenzie, a reporter for
the Gambian News, is interviewing Dr Afolabi on the summit scheduled to take
place at The Seamount Hotel in Banjul. Ms Mckenzie receives an urgent call from
her boss and asks Afolabi to summarise his response so she can leave. She then
asks to reschedule the meeting, but the interviewee declines, telling her to go
and read well his book, Failure of States, before organising another interview. Forty-nine
heads of state in Banjul means that Banjul was hosting a summit attended by forty-nine
presidents of different countries in Africa. (3 marks) 2. Poverty All families depended on the
kiosk for their livelihood. The streets did not have sidewalks. Most Gambians
live in slums. There needs to be more water for the neighbourhoods. Corruption Traffic checkpoints sprout
everywhere, creating an enabling ground for guards to extort bribes from
passers-by. Poor
governance The author says that the
forty-nine heads of state i…
