The G20 summit in Johannesburg on November 22-23, the first G20 summit on the African soil, will showcase African resurgence with the world’s leading economies joining hands to address myriad challenges faced by the world and a rising continent. The spotlight should be on Africa but unfortunately, it’s America, not Africa, that is stealing the headlines. The shocking decision of US President Donald Trump to boycott the G20 summit in Johannesburg on account of Pretoria’s alleged persecution of the white minority has raised serious questions about the future of the G20 as the world’s most representative multilateral grouping, specially as the US takes over the G20 presidency next year. The Trump boycott has brought to the fore divisions within the G20 and the bloc politics shimmering below the surface, threatening cohesion and efficacy of the grouping that accounts for more than 85 per cent of global GDP