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As President Obama and his family head for Africa, the choice of Ghana as the first sub-Saharan African nation to play host to the first African American President has many asking - "Why Ghana?" It's perhaps on the surface not a remarkable choice: a place far from flashpoints and, although poor, peaceful and beginning to thrive. But, to me, the symbolism of Ghana is bold, and the message it sends to African leaders is an unusually strong one.
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