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Beautiful Africa
Although Kenyan and African, I have lived in all but 2 continents and consider myself a citizen of the world. But I have a stong connection with Africa which (not suprisingly) I consider the most beautiful place ever. "Popular" stories in the media focus on poverty, hunger, disease and debt - true challenges for most Africans. But what about the joy, generosity, crazy humour, rich history and culture; love for soccer, singing & education? What about the stunning landscape and wildlife? What about it being the cradle of mankind? What about the determination of many African to make a difference in Africa? What about beautiful Africa?
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Comment by Murray Blore on March 4, 2010 at 6:07pm
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I am South African, but White. I understand when you talk about joy, generosity and crazy humour; stunning landscapes and wildlife. Poverty is real in Africa, but I think people from the developed world often see poverty as a different problem to how we do. If you can feed yourself and your family, and give your family the opportunities for self-improvement; health care; and freedom to try to fulfil their ambitions. That is not poverty. Although there are many places where people cannot achieve this, we must be careful to not force "developed" world ideas of normal life onto the folk in rural Africa. Be careful not to destroy their culture in our quest to provide people with a better life.
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Comment by Victor Udoewa on March 14, 2010 at 12:34pm
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I'm Nigerian-American, and I hear you. Recently back in 2007, my World Affairs Council in the city I was living in at the time, decided to do a hopeful series on Africa and talk about the positives that are currently there and the positive changes that are unfolding. It was such a meaningful move for me. And you seem to understand that. I suppose beauty is not as sexy or sensational to the media. But we demand to know and see and experience the full story. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment by John D. Boyden on March 17, 2010 at 5:21pm
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+1 local insight. Yes, where problems are the focus, "joy, generosity and crazy humour; stunning landscapes and wildlife. " are only used to highlight thoseproblems. Here we are trying to shift the focus to innovation and problem solving!
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Comment by Hayden Darrell Linder on March 20, 2010 at 3:35pm
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Wonderful post and it makes me want to go to Africa. And yeah most people when they hear of Africa think only of the bad issues and nothing of the positive that makes up the continent. We need to make sure that if we plan on helping anyone we shoot for an accurate view of any location we are trying to help. It wouldn't help anyone to go around trying to fix things that aren't broken.
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