That's the key to a successful life. I should know. These preconceptions and stereotypes also distort how we look at the world around us. Like 30 million other African Americans, their ancestors had been taken from Africa and sentenced to live in bondage. Yet here they were returning as powerful leaders of America, and architects of a new partnership between our two continents.
Many people just see pictures of brutal dictatorships.
We see images of famine and poverty. Yet as more countries have embraced economic reforms, income in Africa has more than tripled over the past decade. We see countless pictures of war and conflict. Yet people all over Africa are choosing reconciliation and renewal. Look with your own eyes.