A View From The Other Side: Locked Down in South Africa

Ambassador Charles R. Stith is the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania and the founder and chairman of the African Presidential Leadership Center in South Africa. Appointed by President Clinton, he served as U.S. Ambassador from 1998 to 2001, beginning his term just one month after the August 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam.

Because of his able and steady leadership, the embassy emerged from this traumatic period and set a new standard by promoting U.S. trade and investment in Africa.

Stith is currently the executive chairman of The Pula Group, a family of companies focused on high value investment opportunities in Africa. He served on the Africa Advisory Committee of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.