Obama visits Ghana.

The streets were jammed with cars; we were stuck for 2 and half hours in traffic. People were fighting to get closer to a radio; the lucky ones would be able to see this historic moment on TV. And at 12:30 p.m. the city went silent-- President Obama was about to deliver his speech in front of the Ghanaian government and the few lucky journalists (mostly Americans) who were invited to the conference center.

The small sub-Saharan country, once known for its profitable slave trade of black Africans, today can rejoice in its popularity for a different reason--the first African-American president of the United States chose it as his first destination in Sub-Saharan Africa.

His speech touched upon different aspects, including health care initiatives and sustainable energy solution. However, it was his claim that “Africa´s future is up to Africa,” what struck me the most. I saw a new face of the US. It´s still the US that adheres to democracy, the US that defends and pushes for democracy, however, this is a US that respects a country´s sovereignty and supports, rather than intervenes, in a country´s path for change.

Maybe, change has really come to America.