Category Archives: Africa

Tourism in the United States

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

A lot of people visit America. According to the latest estimates, about sixty million people came in 2011. Continue reading →

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How The News You Read About Africa Gets Made

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

While scouring the news around the world, I recently came across a fascinating article. Written by Laura Seay of Foreign Affairs, it criticizes the West’s media coverage of Africa. Continue reading →

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How the Media Portrays Africa, China, and India Differently

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

The media always shows India and China as making great progress. China and India are on the path to the good life. Thus the elite families portrayed in this album.

Africa, on the other hand, is perpetually portrayed as an impoverished wasteland. Dictators, starvation, war – it’s hell. Continue reading →

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A Very Interesting Story About Cheap Chinese Goods

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

We don’t normally think about Chinese goods being cheaper than those from a country poorer than China. And yet it happens. Continue reading →

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Watching Gaddafi’s Madness

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

It’s said that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi presents an excellent example of this tendency. Continue reading →

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