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jehanne poulard   July 17th, 2009 12:28 pm ET

Thank you AC for sharing this journey with us. I really enjoy it & it was powerful. It paint a real picture of the african leaving their land for the unknown!

Bayo Okelana   July 17th, 2009 5:05 pm ET

I thought your coverage of President Obama in Ghana was fascinating and struck a raw emotional chord with a step in the direction of healing a timeless feeling of loss and regret. I have however, taking umbrage at the medias' coverage of the event as President Obama's 'African journey' especially considering he was in Egypt a few weeks earlier. It seems there remains a subliminal message to carve Egypt with it's negroid sphinx statue and history off the continent of Africa. Indeed, several American friends have recently been surprised when I told them Egypt is still in Africa! President Obama's 'African journey' started when he visited Egypt

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