As I say in my piece, I hope Africans aren't sitting around asking what they can do for us but, rather, what they can do for themselves.

As to what are they to us or us to them, we are all human beings. We should not live for one another but we should see it as a tragedy when individuals are not able create for themselves prosperous and happy lives because of political tyranny, worse when the efforts of our own government through foreign aid buttresses the governments who keep people down.

Morally healthy humans should not let themselves be depressed because there are individuals in the world who suffer through no fault of their own. One's own happiness should be one's focus. But a healthy human cannot help but be saddened by the plight of those who suffer from diseases or natural disasters, and angered when individuals are held down by the force of corrupt governments. And a healthy human can't help but see as as tragic those who both suffer injustice and also contribute to their own suffering by accepting erroneous beliefs--usually political or religious-that prevent them from changing a bad political system of culture.