I read with satisfaction and excitement word by word the "Open Letter to President Bush” (see PAMBAZUKA 118). I include myself as an endorser of such a detailed and well-assessed letter which touches on a lot of the subjects that affect the work, aspirations and hearts of many Africans longing for continental prosperity. However, I was disappointed that the writers ignored African-Americans, who are a strategic and powerful constituency for Africa in the United States. As continental Africans, we share ancestral, historical, societal and economic sameness with African-Americans even though we may live on two different continents. African activists and civil society - especially those engaged in changing US/Africa relations - have an obligation to involve and tap the powerful voices of African-Americans.