Too young to lead? Too old to learn? Lesotho cannot afford either excuse

Kofi Annan once said you are not too young to lead and not too old to learn. That quiet sentence has a great deal to say to this country right now. There is a tendency in Lesotho, as in many places, to treat age as a qualification in itself. The young are told to wait their turn. The experienced are told they already know everything worth knowing. Kofi Annan, the late Ghanaian diplomat and United Nations Secretary-General, had a gentle…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...