Obama travels to Africa - A good will mission

In late August of 2006, President Obama, then just a U.S. Senator of Illinois, traveled to Africa, one of 5 nations that he toured. He took a 15-day tour that took him not only to his father's homeland, but also to South Africa, Congo, Djibouti and Sudan. While he has visited Africa three times before, this current trip is certain to be different. Obama is still a son of the continent. His late father was a goat herder who went on to become a Harvard-educated government economist for his native Kenya. That connection, he hopes, gave a special resonance to his words back in 2006. Now he returns as President of the United States.
  In a 24 hour visit to Ghana on Saturday, he made his first major speech on Africa, in which he called on Africans to be better stewards of their governments. He addressed Ghana's parliament and told them "Development depends on good governance. That's the change that can unlock Africa's potential. And that is a responsibility that can only be met by Africans."
With but a single Saturday to spare, Obama toured a maternity ward, visited a slave dungeon with his family, where centuries of captives were imprisoned before their final voyage by see to the new world, and held bilateral talks.
  President Obama didn't say much on how the United States would help the African continent and there were not many details given, but the Ghanaians welcomed the speech, saying that it is definitely a move toward a more equal, less patrimonial partnership.. Some of the spectators called the speech "historic". Another Ghana businessman statued " It was a speech as needed for our time as Dr. King was for his."