Pictures of starving Africans became the mainstay of Western media outlets in the 1980s because of the famine in Ethiopia. These pictures were later replaced by pictures of genocide in Rwanda and Burundi in the 1990s. There was then a lull in the 2000s. With the current wars in South Sudan and Central African Republic, pictures of starvation and genocide are returning. The Huffington Post retrieved the respected tradition of imaging the starving Black child in Africa today. And so the monological portrayal of Africa continues. Africa needs help!
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