February 2012
2 posts
Implicit Sexism
Hi,
I was wondering why you only show women in your blog. Is it not true that their are also men (of all colors) who trivialize Africa and its diversity? Indeed, it was rich men who colonized most of Africa by degrading men and women of all colors. Also, by only showing women, you re-enforce the gender stereotypes that women are silly and stupid. Please expand your blog so it includes people of...
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Fan Mail from Loyal GGTA Reader
If any of you wonder about what kinds of emails we get on the regular, here is a prime example. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did!
To Whomever it Concerns:
Have you ever been to Africa before? Do you do charity work? Maybe these girls are privileged, maybe they have more money than you and that makes you feel insecure but at least they’re making a difference. What are you doing...
January 2012
3 posts
“I thought that your people believed cameras stole a piece of your soul?”
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Hey Gurls!
We just wanted to say thanks for all the support this past year! We’re coming back from some great holiday festivities here in the Third World (much more authentic and anti-capitalist) but don’t worry—your messages and emails are not going unread.
XOXO
African Love
December 2011
6 posts
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original caption: “In the midst of a seven hour journey through the mountains on the back of the one and only Mighty Wisdom”
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This African orphan will make a great accessory. I might put her on my holiday gift guide!
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Guess what it is!
Anonymous asked: You're right. Reverse racism doesn't exist. Only racism, which entails hatred and discrimination for a person because of their race that they were arbitrarily born with. Excluding white people from this is an attempt to justify unwarranted prejudice and hate for a group because of their race.
November 2011
3 posts
Anonymous asked: You say you're an anti racism blog but you are racist towards white people.
Anonymous asked: Your last post is great, but Vanuatu is actually in the South Pacific... not Africa. Oops? :)
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October 2011
5 posts
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Anonymous asked: is this a serious blog ?
Gerard Butler goes to Africa
Gerard Butler, holding a gun, protecting a young Sudanese baby. And to cap it all, the slogan:
Hope is the greatest weapon of all…if you don’t count that machine gun in his hand.
What do you think? Can Gerard Butler save all of the African babies?
September 2011
11 posts
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You're doing it wrong
Look, I learned how to do this on a school trip to Plymouth Rock once. It’s not that hard! Ugh, Africans…
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Vegan (name withheld) traumatized by the burnt bird
March 2011
3 posts
metatwaddle asked: Hi! This was on the front page of today's NY Times sports section: a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and his wife went to Africa, and now they have Been Changed and can Maintain Their Grip On What Really Matters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/sports/baseball/27kershaw.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/sports/baseball/27kershaw.html?_r=1
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great critique of the typical travel-to-africa...
http://africasacountry.com/2011/02/28/the-smiling-faces-of-young-africans/#
Sent in by a reader
If you haven’t looked at this blog, you should. Great writing, videos, and more for an audience wanting something other than the typical “look at Africa and these poor African babies and oh they’re so impoverished” narrative.
February 2011
6 posts
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Anonymous asked: this is a disgrace.. what's wrong with you?
January 2011
8 posts
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Studying abroad in Africa: Empire-style!
“We gave you your independence, now you give me a discount on that fish”.
Sekondi, Ghana, 1964.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/14/orphans-cambodia-aids-holidays-madonna
“Inevitably, the needs of impoverished communities are subverted by the demands of wealthy visitors. Alexia Nestora ran the North American arm of a major “voluntourism” group and admitted such firms loved orphanage stops. “They sell the best and are the most tearjerking projects to...
December 2010
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November 2010
10 posts
How to Write About Africa
an excerpt from an amazing article by Binyavanga Wainaina
Always use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title. Subtitles may include the words ‘Zanzibar’, ‘Masai’, ‘Zulu’, ‘Zambezi’, ‘Congo’, ‘Nile’, ‘Big’, ‘Sky’, ‘Shadow’, ‘Drum’, ‘Sun’ or ‘Bygone’. Also useful are words such as ‘Guerrillas’, ‘Timeless’, ‘Primordial’ and ‘Tribal’. Note that ‘People’ means Africans who are not...
How To Take Photos Of Africa Or Where Intent And... →
fyeahafrica:
Binyanvanga Wainaina’s essay How to Write About Africa remains one of the most powerfully insightful criticism and accusation of the continued dehumanization and oppression of Africa and Africans that continues in modern day language, photography, fine art, literature, poetry and the stultifying and lobotomizing rhetoric of so-called aid organizations and their employees.
It...