"I don't know, the tribes of the North talk about such men, coming to our region and robbing us of our heritage, but this is the first I have seen of one." Came Musonda's fathers reply. It was 1832, and Belgium missionaries had just landed in central Africa. They brought with them huge steam ships, the likes of which the natives had never seen.

"They look like the Gods, emerging from over the sea as they do." Musonda was amazed. "Should we be afraid""

"Our ancestors left us stories of the horror the white man brings to this area. Our people sold into bondage. But that was long ago. We can hope that they come with peaceful intents." prayed the boy's father.

Nearly 53 years later, Musonda had risen to chief of his village in the area now known as the...