| In the West, Africa’s image seems forever torn between two false extremes: Politically Correct Positive and Stereotypically Negative. Those who promote the first want to persuade us that poverty and bad government are not as bad as they seem in Africa, so a little bit of outside aid and advice can cause rapid change for the better. Those who promote the second seem happy to go along with the sensationalist media stereotypes of ubiquitous child soldiers, genocide, famine, and plague, perhaps thinking that their perspective helps make the case for more aid to Africa. |
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