"Lifting up successful models" of democracy in Africa encourages more democracy on the continent, President Barack Obama has told AllAfrica, explaining why he chose Ghana as the first sub-Saharan African country to visit as President of the United States.
Obama met with AllAfrica's Charles Cobb, Jr., Tami Hultman and Reed Kramer at the White House on July 2, in the only interview devoted to Africa he gave prior to a trip including Ghana and the G8 Summit in Italy.
AllAfrica explores U.S. policies towards Africa with the administration's top point person on Africa, Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson (right).
Kenyans Celebrate Election of Barack Obama - November 5, 2008
Ghana Presidential Inauguration
A teaser for the First Run Features movie, Senator Obama Goes to Africa, devoted to Obama's 2006 trip to Kenya, South Africa and Darfur in Sudan.
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