Clinton visits Accra, Ghana Clinton, whose 12-day trip is the most extensive to Africa by a serving U.S. president, was to leave for Uganda later in the day. In coming days he's scheduled to visit Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana and the former French colony of Senegal. In a speech peppered with references to prominent Africans and African-Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., Clinton urged the youth of Africa to work for a brighter future. He also cited genocide in Rwanda, civil wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Congo and continent-wide problems of malnutrition, disease, illiteracy and unemployment.
Colonialism is gone.
Apartheid is gone. By allowing individuals to flourish, our communities and nations also flourish. We each and every one of us here are standing on the sacred grounds reflecting the convergence of historical forces, both positive and negative. Indeed, Clinton noted the 33 million black Americans descended from Africa and said he hoped his trip would dispel U.S. stereotypes about the continent. A mob of people eager to shake Clinton's hand knocked down a barricade, apparently trapping two women on the ground.