In the past week, I have sounded a few notes of pessimism on DC Think Tank coverage of African affairs items and I critiqued one of the city’s more prominent African development experts for the manner in which he argued for an Obama energy focus in Africa. I also promised a weekend post on the absence of dialogue on the Ivory Coast in the capital city of the US.
Nonetheless, in regards to the DC Africanist community, I still find reason for optimism. Continue reading