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[Big_Bird]

[mehmeh]

Why is this news? Are people really so blinded by anti-Americanism to realize that Europe has it's own skeletons too?

Of course Africans would look more favorably on the U.S. than Europe. All of the major European powers maintained colonies in Africa until the mid 20th century and to this day they still meddle in African politics. Moreover, a lot of today's violence in Africa can be traced to the corrupt post-colonial governments set up by the French, Dutch and English.

[Wangja]

[mehmeh]

errr...sorry about that, ment to say Belgium.

I'm just saying, it took America almost a century to get past it's Anglophobia. Even going into World War Two there were some Americans uneasy forming such a close relationship with England. I'm sure the same thing will be true for former colonies in Africa, especially places like Congo and Rwanda.

[thepeel]

[paquebot]

[chris_J2]

Actually, China is doing a damn sight more in Africa, than the US & Europe combined.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/12622/is_chinese_investment_good_for_africa.html

And this:

"As global demand for energy continues to rise, major players like the United States, European Union (EU), and Japan are facing a new competitor in the race to secure long-term energy supplies: China. With its 2006 GDP growth hitting 10.7 percent, China is intent on getting the resources needed to sustain its soaring economy, and is taking its quest to lock down sources of oil and other necessary raw materials across the globe. With the Middle East mired in long-term instability, China has turned toward another major oil producing region whose risks and challenges have caused it to be overlooked by much of the rest of the world: Africa.

How extensive are China's oil interests in Africa?
China's voracious demand for energy to feed its booming economy has led it to seek oil supplies from African countries including Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, Angola, Algeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says China accounted for 40 percent of total growth in global demand for oil in the last four years; in 2003, it surpassed Japan as the world's second-largest oil consumer, after the United States. In the first ten months of 2005, Chinese official sources say, Chinese companies invested a total of $175 million in African countries, primarily on oil exploration projects and infrastructure. On January 9, state-owned Chinese energy company CNOOC Ltd. announced it would buy a 45 percent stake in an offshore oil field in Nigeria for $2.27 billion. China already has a significant presence in many African countries, notably Sudan: China takes 64 percent of Sudan's oil exports. "China is very deeply engaged in exploiting Africa's oil resources," says Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations."

"Sino-African trade grew by 700 percent during the 1990s"

Source: http://www.cfr.org/publication/9557/

[Tiger Beer]

Not really that surprising.

In most places in Europe, African men are like pariahs. They walk around near homeless, completely unemployable and just try to get by by selling African trinkets and such.

At least in the U.S., Africans from Africa usually exceed very well and have a great shot at integrating with some very strong positive 'minority' laws, etc.

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

[chris_J2]

[The_Conservative]

[igotthisguitar]

Hmmmm ... this is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey7gDJfRICA

Many other well known black Americans seem to know the tune.

Does Obama know how to sing?

Bou-lay-booooooo ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20071230/pl_bloomberg/aimm5qqem3ou_1

[endo]

Stevie,

Did your black ex-girlfriend really break your heart that bad?

[Tiger Beer]

These posts are embarrassing too.

The title sounds like someone who is making fun of Americans - as in they are so unpopular, you have to search all over the world and find that there are places out there that does indeed like Americans.

But its not a humor point, its a real fellow American trying desparately hard to prove a point that Americans are liked - embarrassing.

[regicide]