[propertius]

I would strongly recommend Keith's book "Out of America", which should be compulsory reading for all black Americans. Many in Africa, where I live, feel that the continual meddling in our continent's affairs by black Americans is doing us a great disservice. Their understanding of the way Africa works is far far inferior to that of the British colonialists. Africa does not need PC solutions, it needs common sense -- a quality many black Americans seem to lack when it comes to the continent of their roots.
Yes I am white and, to many, what I say may appear to be racist. But I live in Africa. I was born in Africa. And that gives me a much better perspective than black American activists who jet in once every couple of years and mostly only see the inside of Sheraton hotels.

[TNdandelion]

I would strongly recommend Keith's book "Out of America", which should be compulsory reading for all black Americans.

I think this should be required reading for all Americans.

[Question_Assumptions]

I second the recommendation of Richberg's book. He's said some boneheaded things about South Africa in articles he's written but his book is dead on. A (black) Kenyan friend said that she was finding it difficult to read -- because it was accurate.

[cyborg]

It's either phoney afrocentrism or rank hatred for black Africans. I'm not impressed by this article nor the comments I read in this thread, which is just par for the course in any such in FR.