Monday, December 13, 2010

Africa Clichés, Part LXXVIII

The blog Africa is a Country reacts to the NYT Magazine’s Coverage of John “Save Darfur” Prendergast. The best summary is from former?NYT Reporter Howard French’s Twitter feed: “Bwana Saves Africa, Part 3,276.”

The same blog had a post yesterday on cringe-inducing attempts to have a supermodel portray an “Africa” theme at a certain fashion show. It reminded me of crude Hollywood portrayals of Africa when I was a child. ?And no, I’m not showing you the picture.

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