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currently watching this, really informative.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostImagine you're starving to death around 7th of January. You might well miss the fact that it's Christmas.
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMichael Buerk is a hero in Ethiopia.
Try watching "the misadventures of romesh ranganathan ethiopia" - he talks to the local people and they are frustrated and confused why we in the west still judge Ethiopia based on something that happened for just over a year 36 years ago. Most people in the country were not born then, and they have never faced famine, but we in the west still think of Ethiopia as a famine country.Last edited by Whorty; 8 September 2020, 11:55.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostI don't want to start an argument here as I know we all read and watch different stuff, but I've not read any narrative that suggests Africa achieved nothing until western colonial nations invaded. We certainly had a big influence in the Southern nations, and maybe this is what people sometimes consider 'Africa', without remembering that the bulk of the continent is actually up North.
No argument needed. The narrative I refer to is subtle and by omission. The Victorians apparently sent missionaries and soldiers to civilise the natives, there is no teaching about Africa's achievements in school or popular culture, according to this they were up there with the Greeks. I found this history an interesting and new experience. As LM said we didn't look so we didn't know.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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