guest_writer 0 2005-09-05T00:00:00Z A few years ago, Tony Blair termed the state of Africa a 'scar on the world's conscience'. It was not the first time that the dubious honour of being a moral touchstone had been conferred upon the continent. By the late 19th century too, Africa was the foil for various European crises of conscience even as major European powers were busy consolidating colonial regimes across large swathes of th... Priyamvada 41362 false false false false 2005-09-05T00:00:00Z Gopal 8674 5459 0 1 Moral Empire the-moral-empire-by-priyamvada-gopal The Moral Empire 2009-09-25T04:52:29Z 11956