It's a very interesting continent, my continent.
I was yet on another journey via Nairobi in Kenya. By the way, if there is one thing Kenya Airways has done well, is the creation of an African hub, Nairobi. Once in Nairobi it's far easier to get a flight to Freetown, Monrovia or even Djibouti or Khartoum, to mention but a few.
So once you are at Jomo Kenyatta airport, you have a better chance of observing fellow Africans in their natural habitat. I think a number, when they get to Johannesburg are not their usual self or those who get to Johannesburg are of a particular breed.
This time there was a group of East Africans going to Libreville for the finals of the AFCON, between Zambia and Ivory Coast (sorry Cote d’Ivoire) which was to be played on Sunday, 12 February 2012. Don't forget South Africa is hosting, by default, in 2013, yes I did say 2013.
Now there are interesting observations.
The group from Somalia is not very good at observing the queues. I reached a conclusion that queues are a luxury of civilization, which is easily dispensed with, when there are other pressing needs.
There were officials of football associations of various East African countries. I pity the South Africans that want some CAF positions. It's a clique/a club. The luxury of South Africans waiting for one person to talk at a time was not on the agenda. So, you needed your voice to be very loud to get a piece of the ears. I entertained myself, puzzled at the same time and hoping that when they are in formal meetings they do things differently.
Out of the 16 people in the business class, there was only one white person. Now this is what you can't miss in the continent. One of the reasons is of course that it is the continent of black people predominantly, but the other one is that if you cannot take harsh conditions get out of the African continent. I don't include South Africa which is referred to as, Africa for beginners.
