Don't forget 'save Africa'
Monday, July 16, 2007 at 8:26AM ARTICLE: Stop Trying To 'Save' Africa, By Uzodinma Iweala, July 15, 2007; Page B07
Another great perspective provider. The West loves to overindulge: either the Gap is awash in bloodbaths and religious strife or we must save it all.
What's missing in these two images are the realities of untapped capitalism already there (DeSoto), the huge commodities boom (thanks to rising New Core) and the pre-emptive nation-building going on in Africa with Indians, Chinese, even Brazilians. Of course, all of that then gets reduced to "oil grabs," which again, puts the entire process in terms of our presumptions instead of anybody else's real strategies.
Beyond "save the planet" (from global warming), "save Africa" is the other great counter-narrative to the global war on terror.
What does this strange competition show?
People want grand visions to order their world, and they do want to help, and they're desperately disappointed by the GWOT to date.
Thanks to Brad B. for sending this.
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