Prometheus 6   

Will Bush earn extra credit?
By Deborah Mathis

Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com

…Maybe Bush deserves credit for even going to Africa; so few American presidents have paid any attention to it. Only two other sitting presidents have spent any time there � Jimmy Carter and Clinton. For his part, Bush has been fairly aggressive about funding the continent�s war on HIV/AIDS.

But, I can�t fight the feeling that he and his corporate posse are casing the joint. There�s oil in them thar hills, you know. And diamonds. Lots of goodies, in fact. Africa is rich as ever and ripe for development � indeed, begging for it.

But the black motherland had better beware. If past is prologue, development will quickly descend into exploitation; partnership will dissolve into monopoly; and friendship will morph into neo-colonialism.