Tuesday, June 08, 2004
African trade with the US
According to an interview with Howard French, author of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa: ANY of the four cardinal regions of Africa (North Africa, West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa) engage in more trade with the United States than do the countries of the former Soviet Union.
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Just an FYI, they just ran an interview with this gentleman on NPR a few minutes ago, the book sounds really good. Also, there was a great story this morning about rebuilding one of the railway lines in DR Congo, an amazing task.
I can usually get DR Congo out when I'm writing, but when I remember the place I still think Zaire. I lived right on the river between CAR and Zaire and getting a boatload of Zairean beer from over the river was a always a treat, not to mention the latest Zairean music which blasted from every bar stereo. Still DR Congo sounds better than Congo/Kinshasa which is what many people called it right after the change to distinguish it from Congo/Brazzaville.
If memory serves, PC used to have it's region training site in Bukavu -- another place that has been in the news recently for non-wonderful reasons.
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