Africa is going through its own historical process of state formation just as Europe and America did. It is just happening much later than other continents because of the interruption of Africa's own historical development by the colonization of Africa by Europe.

The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes.

been subjected to one of the most brutal campaigns of ethnic cleansing that Africa has ever seen.

If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand.

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

I've noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did.