What unites African slums with the tony cities and suburbs of the West is the perennial struggle to avoid the intimidating pressures of groupthink and giving in to the bullies—physical or intellectual—while at the same time retaining the ability to work together for social and economic betterment. Whether a young tough demands a bribe or an editor or digital mob demands conformist language from you in order for you to keep your job, it may amount to a similar level of evil.
