The other night I had a chance to watch “Skin” –a documentary about apartheid in South Africa. The narrative begins in the ‘60s. While watching, I had assumed the film’s events all took place several decades ago. But in the closing credits, I was reminded that this story of racial segregation through apartheid continued...
Wealth Creation: Taking China’s Story of Success to Africa
Thirty years ago, a greater percentage of China’s population lived below the poverty line than in most other countries, according to the World Bank. Drastic economic reforms were undertaken. From 1981 to 2005, the proportion of China’s population living in poverty dropped from 84 percent to 16 percent. Photo courtesy of Joel Esler China’s...
Five Things I Love About Africa
Headlines often paint one image of Africa—a portrait of poverty, AIDs, and war. That’s unfortunate. There is so much life, vitality, and beauty. I recently had a chance to visit three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, and Rwanda, and I came away with images of hope, not of despair. Here...