‘Our country ignored Africa,’ Jimmy Carter said. He didn’t
FILE – U.S. President Jimmy Carter reviews honor guards during arrival ceremonies at the Dodan Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria, April 1, 1978. (AP Photo, File) Until Jimmy Carter’s presidency, U.S. leaders had shown little interest in Africa, even as independence movements swept the region in the 1960s and ’70s. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president…