Emmy Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault has reported on the African continent, and in particular, South Africa, for twenty years. Blending personal memoir with reportage and analysis, Hunter-Gault presents an Africa we rarely see. Contrasting South Africa today with the county she lived in as a young reporter, she acknowledges its many problems, but also underscores the nation's commitment to affirmative action, describes how South African universities have opened their doors to black students, and debunks myths about violence in South-African society. Hunter-Gault looks further to continent-wide efforts to promote an 'African Renaissance'. New News out of Africa will redefine what is news about this vast and complex continent.