About Africa
I am not African but sometimes the lack of respect shown towards Africa shakes me up. Boko Haram murdered 2000 people in a small town called Baga in Nigeria. ( Read here ) How do 2000 lives not matter? Why was this piece of important news relayed to the world after several days of its occurrence? The attack on Pakistani school children and Parisian journalists shook the world but how is it nearly possible that the death of 2000 people and the abduction of 300 school girls not matter (anymore)? Why is the world so ignorant about Africa? Africa is beautiful and it is not all about the forests and the animals. It is not about the rich natural resources that are still being exploited by the “civilised” world. It is as much about people and their cultures and their lives as it is about people, their lives and their cultures in the rest of the world. I’m not an African but I live in South Africa and I am constantly asked ignorant and annoying questions about the heat in the Sahara