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Date: January 16, 2012 10:58AM
I've not personally met any but I've hear several speak -- Darius Grey is the man I most remember. The big difference is between Americans of African descent and sub-Saharan Africans. In the USA, most African Americans are overwhelmingly Christian and know of the history of the LDS Church. Having said that, just as their are whites who are attracted to the church and dismiss and ignore the problems and history their are blacks who would do the same. Mormonism looks very attractive from the outside -- until you find out the truth.
"Missionaries across the world have encountered a problem in recent years: after only a visit or two, an investigator who had shown real interest cuts off contact. Researchers have found that most of those investigators have one thing in common: they lose interest after finding negative, inaccurate information about the Church online..."
http://lds.org/church/news/church-members-share-the-gospel-online?lang=eng