For a little while now, there has been a lull in the portrayal of negative images of Africa in Western media. We even began to see images of a rising Africa and the cleanliness of Rwanda, that poster child of world genocide.
All that is now changing. With the wars in South Sudan and Central African Republic, and the instability in Nigeria, Egypt, and Libya, the images of conflict ridden Africa is back with a vengeance in the Western media. We now see dead African bodies lying in the streets of Central African Republic and pictures of helpless parents pleading for the return of their kidnapped daughters in Nigeria. Nigeria that appeared to be a rising giant is now begging America to help it fight Boko Haram. Plus ca change . . . .
All that is now changing. With the wars in South Sudan and Central African Republic, and the instability in Nigeria, Egypt, and Libya, the images of conflict ridden Africa is back with a vengeance in the Western media. We now see dead African bodies lying in the streets of Central African Republic and pictures of helpless parents pleading for the return of their kidnapped daughters in Nigeria. Nigeria that appeared to be a rising giant is now begging America to help it fight Boko Haram. Plus ca change . . . .
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