What comes to mind when you think about Africa? What influences your thoughts—perhaps cartoons from your childhood, children’s movies like Madagascar and The Lion King, adults flicks such as Out of Africa, The Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamonds, and Hotel Rwanda to mention a few. Alternatively, maybe it is the commercials raising money for children in Somalia, Darfur and Ethiopia suffering from starvation and malnutrition. If you are from my generation, you may recall teachers handing out orange cardboard boxes to collect coins for UNICEF when you go trick-or-treating on Halloween. The messages and misconceptions about Africa are numerous, reaching us through various mediums.