Recent events seem again to have focused attention on Africa. Who did not follow the news of the recent pirate attack on a US flag ship off the coast of Somalia, and the dramatic naval rescue of the ship’s captain? Who has not heard about the brutality of Robert Mugabe who continues to victimize his people to the point of recently stating: “Zimbabwe and its people belong to me!” While he lives in luxury, the majority of Zimbabwe’s people are dying of Cholera, AIDS and malnutrition. Likewise, in Sudan millions of people have been herded into the desert of Darfur and left to die because that country’s president has vindictively blocked all foreign aid and outside help. And so this hopeless picture is multiplied across Africa in countries like the Congo, South Africa, etc.

Therefore, at a casual glance, and believing only the one-sided opinion of the media, it’s easy to come away believing that Africa must be cursed;