![]() ![]() Various reasons have been used to explain this including claims that the western media is advancing this negative line to push an agenda that ensures that the continent continues to falter on its development path, while its rich sponsors continue exploiting the continent’s abundant natural resources. ![]() He did not stop there – adding “whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.”īlunt as he was, Wainaina assertation is still evident today as Africa continues to be portrayed as backward, underdeveloped and strife ridden, yet this is far from reality. ![]() In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country.” If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. “Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize. ![]() This is what he said when he made fun of how the western media and even some of the African newspapers report about Africa: When the late Kenyan journalist and author, Binyavanga Wainaina published his work of satire in 2005 titled “ How to Write About Africa,” his work set some tongues wagging. ![]()
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