Keith Richburg is a journalist and the author of Out of America, which detailed his experiences as a correspondent in Africa, during which he witnessed the Rwandan Genocide, a civil war in Somalia, and a cholera epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo. Richburg's book provoked controversy in the African American community Slave Routes: Rejecting Africa due to its perceived criticism of Africans. Richburg He is currently chief of the New York bureau of theWashington Post.