Barack returns to Africa? Sort of

This week president Obama will address the Moslem world from Cairo, Egypt, Africa.

And yet nobody sems to think that he will feel like he is a man going back to his roots? The answer may surprise the uninitiated. Egypt is geographically in Africa but let's be honest about it....Egypt is an Arab country and Obama knows that. It will be a different story when he travels to Ghana soon. Those who seek to over-simplify Africanicity often fail to recognize that Africa is a continent of more than fifty countries, at times divided by muddy rivers and high mountains, but at other times by wide cultural and racial lines.
In biblical days, an African was barely distinguishable from his fellow middle-easterners, readily intermingling with and disappearing amongst them. The African of today has a darker hue. The irony is that Obama is of Nilotic heritage. What could be more descriptive of Egypt than the Niles? May be he should feel at home in Egypt, too. But will he be welcomed as a son of Africa? I doubt it. But I sure hope so!