I have a feeling that if "Akon" acted on his own advice, he'd be begging to get his US passport back after a week in the paradise of malaria and dysentery-ridden Mother Africa.
Wonder if he is circumsized? If not, line up for the ritual test of manhood, usually performed at age 12, without anesthesia. Unfortunately, many boys die of sepsis or suffer penile mutilations; but hey -- all cultures are equal.