Black pearls – Africa is not only genocide, diseases, wars; there are also wonderful things, such as: diplomats like Kofi Annan and Abdou Diouf; academics like Cheik Anta Diop, Elikia Mbokolo, Cheikh Modibo Diarra; writers like Wole Soyinka Senghor and Zamenga Batukezangale; great women like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Wangari Maathai, Agbani Darego and Aminata Traorè; priests like Francis Arinze and Desmond Tutu; politicians like Mandela; artists like Youssou Ndour; athletes like Kenenisa Bekele and Maria Mutola; “Golden ball” like Samuel Etoo and George Weah and a constellation of hidden heroes.