By Soumanou Salifou  Soumanou Salifou Founder and Publisher “The African” Magazine “Welcome Back to Africa, Marion Barry. Tell other African Americans that their motherland is waiting for them.” Thatwas the inscription on justone of many colorfulbanners welcoming formerWashington, D.C. mayorMarion Barry, Jr. to Lakota,a small town about 2 hoursfrom Abidjan, theeconomic capital of Côted’Ivoire, in 2001....