Chimbuvu
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- Jul 17, 2012
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Africa is not poor. Africa is a rich continent inhabited by poor people. Once we fix the people problem, everything else will fall into place. In this post, I share what I consider to be the top 10 problems affecting the people ability to fix themselves and subsequently take control of their destiny.
1. The Poverty Porn
Humanitarian organization like UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, and alike have done more damage to Africa than the marginal positive impact they supposedly have had.
In order to raise money for their operations, they have engaged into a "poverty porn" depicting Africa with the most degrading, and humiliating images. African people dignity is not something they cared about. The huge billboard and magazines photos showing Africa at its worst now fill the mind of billions of people around the world, and unfortunately those people can't help but think about Africa only trough those images. (In the same time, those medias won't show the photo of a dead American or English soldier, because it's shocking and doesn't respect human dignity)
The worst consequence of this "free publicity" is the way it has deeply impacted Africans self-perception and self-image.
For example, It's common in France for African immigrants who are having problems with their teenagers to threat them "If you'll continue to behave that way, you'll be sent back to Africa", meaning "We will send you to the hell you have seen on TV or in the Newspaper".
The "Poverty porn" of the NGOs, the humanitarian organizations, and Western medias is the problem number one because it sabotages Africans self-image, weakens their sell-confidence and resolve, and contributed hugely to the hate and racism Africans face all over the world.
1. The Poverty Porn
Humanitarian organization like UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, and alike have done more damage to Africa than the marginal positive impact they supposedly have had.
In order to raise money for their operations, they have engaged into a "poverty porn" depicting Africa with the most degrading, and humiliating images. African people dignity is not something they cared about. The huge billboard and magazines photos showing Africa at its worst now fill the mind of billions of people around the world, and unfortunately those people can't help but think about Africa only trough those images. (In the same time, those medias won't show the photo of a dead American or English soldier, because it's shocking and doesn't respect human dignity)
The worst consequence of this "free publicity" is the way it has deeply impacted Africans self-perception and self-image.
For example, It's common in France for African immigrants who are having problems with their teenagers to threat them "If you'll continue to behave that way, you'll be sent back to Africa", meaning "We will send you to the hell you have seen on TV or in the Newspaper".
The "Poverty porn" of the NGOs, the humanitarian organizations, and Western medias is the problem number one because it sabotages Africans self-image, weakens their sell-confidence and resolve, and contributed hugely to the hate and racism Africans face all over the world.