成为非洲人是一件好事。在非洲发生了一些可怕的事情，当一个人想到它们时，会带来羞耻和绝望的事情，但这并不是非洲的全部。多么巨大的非洲人民的苦难，多么令人痛苦的是用枪支士兵小男孩带来的残酷和混乱，实际上，在非洲仍然有很多人可以真正自豪。例如，有仁慈，以及微笑的能力，艺术和音乐。
(It was a good thing to be an African. There were terrible things that happened in Africa, things that brought shame and despair when one thought about them, but that was not all there was in Africa. However great the suffering of the people of Africa, however harrowing the cruelty and chaos brought about by soldiers-small boys with guns, really-there was still so much in Africa from which one could take real pride. There was the kindness, for example, and the ability to smile, and the art and the music.)