Years back I read a article in Readers Digest written by a Black war correspondent. He was in Africa covering one of their many civil wars. He stated as he stood next to a river watching dozens of decapitated corpses float past he would find himself giving thanks to God that he was so lucky his ancestors were brought to America. He said any black in America who thought they were some how cheated in their lives should have to see what he has seen.
River raisins
I have that book, Reader’s Digest must have had an article on it.
Amazon.com Review
From 1991 to 1994, Keith Richburg was based in Nairobi as the Africa bureau chief for the Washington Post. He traveled throughout Africa, from Rwanda to Zaire, witnessing and reporting on wars, famines, mass murders, and the complexity and corruption of African politics. Unlike many black Americans who romanticize Africa, Richburg looks back on his time there and concludes that he is simply an American, not an African American. This is a powerful, hard-hitting book, filled with anguished soul-searching as Richburg makes his way toward that uncomfortable conclusion.
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Of-America-Confronts-Africa/dp/0465001882
I read that as well, in some other publication.