The Battle of Africa Has Begun?

On the White House - The Calculus Behind Obama’s Ghana Stopover - NYTimes.com: "The White House passed over Kenya, where Mr. Obama’s late father was from, in favor of the small nation of Ghana as the site of his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa. A year after Kenya exploded in political violence, it remains a tense and unsettled place. Ghana, by contrast, is an outpost of democracy and civil society in a volatile region."

China's business only strategy for conquering Africa's mineral riches has threatened American and European interests in the region. I cannot help being fascinated in the possible effect that Obama's career must have on people in Africa.

The son of an African, without his father's help, can advance and become the leader of such a complicated society as the US. As Obama has said, there are no excuses anymore.