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ISAIAH WASHINGTON MOVING ON: Ousted ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star now focusing on Africa.
*Isaiah Washington took part in last weekend’s African Union Summit Promoting African American Interest in Africa in Beverly Hills on Friday, an event representing the actor’s primary focus now that he is no longer a part of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Washington is chairman of the Gondobay Manga Foundation, which works to improve conditions in Sierra Leone. Next month, he’ll travel to Ghana for the African Union Summit, where he and 50 other influential African-Americans will meet with 53 African presidents to discuss the continent's future, reports People magazine.
Friday’s meeting at the Four Seasons hotel also included Jamie Foxx, Chris Tucker, Mos Def and Herbie Hancock, James Mathis and organizer, designer Ozwald Boteng.
"Once you get awareness of who you are and how you're here, then I believe there's a responsibility that you have. And seeing that I can afford to take part in that, I have to be responsible," Washington told reporters of his passion for Africa.
As for life beyond “Grey’s Anatomy,” Washington tells People: “In the coming months, all I'm working on right now is trying to focus on day-to-day life and what I'm doing with the foundation, what I'm doing with the family."
Asked if there were any misconceptions about him, he said: "I don't know. Maybe for 50 years and the history of media and television I represent something that's supposed to not exist. ... This happened to Malcolm X, this happened to Paul Robeson – this misconception can happen to any man of power that loves himself and wants to spread that love and that humanity throughout the world."
