"Western" problems become the problems of "modern man"... Thereby they are superficially universalized, and Africans must become "modern" before they can even deal with them... European imperialism, in this way, is not seen as the product of the behavioral patterns of a particular cultural group... but rather of the "natural" tendencies of all people at a particular period of cultural development.
Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior pp21













