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Apr. 7th, 2010 11:57 am
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How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina.

Yes, this. Hilarious and sad. Hilarious because it's true, even sadder because it keeps being true about the way Western/European/American writers talk and write and think about Africa.

Date: 2010-04-07 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nightshade1972.livejournal.com
LOL! Great article :-)

Date: 2010-04-08 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilacfield.livejournal.com
Sad thing is, I've seen Africa and Africans portrayed thus in non-Western/European/American media and literature. Stereotyping and appropriation can be contagious like that.

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