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Here is a sentence in today鈥檚 story about Botswana鈥檚 new president: 鈥淔ive decades later, the former human rights lawyer leads one of Africa鈥檚 most prosperous states, lauded for bucking what鈥檚 known as the 鈥榬esource curse鈥� and using its diamond deposits to vastly reduce poverty.鈥�
When was the last time you read a sentence like that about Africa? I鈥檝e long felt one of the ways the Monitor can most bless the world is by breaking through facile narratives about Africa to show a different picture. Keletso Thobega鈥檚 story today is a beautiful example.
