""Why do aid organizations and their celebrity backers want to make African successes look like failures? One can only speculate, but it certainly helps aid agencies get more publicity and more money if problems seem greater than they are. As for the stars — well, could Africa be saving celebrity careers more than celebrities are saving Africa?""
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Good to see the dark continent is on the rise.
Hue, this is a sore spot w/me, NPR is pretty good sometimes, lots of issues, world coverage; but just when I am getting thoughtful about the NPR coverage, some story comes on detailing in gruesome detail some problem. They never cover American problems like "downtown New York City wintertime salt corrosion electrical leaks" or "100 year old Indiana oil spill cleanup" in the same manner, it's like they're cruising along, whining and intellectualizing like they're They Might Be Giants - not bad - and all of a sudden they turn into Ralph Wiggum Jr. It's a case of Serial Awkwardness Syndrome.
I have written lots of Wikipedia articles about African stock exchanges and central banks, the people there really inspire confidence, like Magic Johnson, Deval Patrick and Don Cheadle. Why on earth do I need to hear, so repeatedly, about stories that sound like they were inspired by Dave Chapelle the homeless guy, instead?
Oy.
PS "The Assimilated Negro" by TA Negro on blogspot is pretty good, I came here just now double checking if you had it on your sidebar.
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