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White Man’s Burden
Posted in Human Zoo, humanitarianism, magazine covers, Newsweek on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
‘It’s a distant misery for them’
Posted in humanitarianism, London Review of Books, Mahmood Mamdani, New Scramble for Africa, peacekeeping, Rwanda on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mahmood Mamdani’s piece in the September 6 issue of the London Review of Books, based on his insights gleaned from a recent visit to the violent Darfur in Sudan, includes this frank back-and-forth with General Henry Anyidoho, a Ghanaian officer who was recently appointed joint deputy special representative for a hybrid force keeping the piece [...]
Sunday Round-Up
Posted in humanitarianism, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, Madonna, Mahmood Mamdani on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Christian Science Monitor is (surprise) skeptical about China’s growing presence in Africa (in this case, Sudan) … but less so about the motives of celebrities. Apparently the debate on reparations for slavery is ‘tired,’ according to a British filmmaker, after visiting the new international slavery museum in Liverpool, writing in The Guardian. Following his [...]
Good ideas
Posted in globalization, humanitarianism, Missionaries on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Planting trees in Uganda to offset greenhouse-gas emissions in Europe seemed like a good idea – until farmers were evicted from their land to make room for a forest.” Fortune magazine, of all publications, reports. * The picture can be seen, as part of a series, illustrating the article at CNN.com.
UNICEF Does Blackface
Posted in humanitarianism on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
UNICEF, riding the wave of new humanitarianism, wanted German youth to identify with conditions of young Africans. What the advertising firm they hired, Jung von Matt/Alster,came up with, probably says a lot about what is still acceptable among media elites in that country.Following protests, UNICEF came up with a lame explanation. * Spotted at Can’t [...]
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