In her first trip to South Africa, the US first lady met with one of President Jacob Zuma's three wives, as well as apartheid-era civil rights hero Nelson Mandela.<br /><br />Seeking to export child mentoring and wellness programs she has pushed in the United States, Obama also met with elementary schoolers at the Emthonjeni Community Center.<br /><br />Many young, black South Africans look up to Obama and her family - America's first black "First Family".<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Gladys Njoroge reports from Johannesburg.
