Comments on: Seeing Africa Differently

By: Scarlett Lion | Photographer from Mali wins one of the World Press Awards

Scarlett Lion | Photographer from Mali wins one of the World Press Awards — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:08:51 +0000

[...] Congratulations to Malick Sidibé on the World Press photography prize! I really love his work so I’m very happy to see that he’s among the winners. And it’s great to see photos that aren’t of poverty porn. [...]

By: Den afrikanske middelklasse under lup « Ind i Afrika

Den afrikanske middelklasse under lup « Ind i Afrika — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:51:42 +0000

[...] Fundet via Scarlett Lion [...]

By: Kurtis

Kurtis — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:05:41 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about the poverty porn term (and the post you link to) during the Haiti crisis.

By: Re-branding med billeder « Ind i Afrika

Re-branding med billeder « Ind i Afrika — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:18:09 +0000

[...] Fundet via Scarlett Lion [...]

By: Sunday Africa Blog Roundup: Nigeria and District 9, Asia and Africa, Sudan and Chad « Sahel Blog

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:48:38 +0000

[...] The middle classes in Africa (via Texas in Africa and Scarlett Lion). [...]

By: glenna

glenna — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:54:02 +0000

@Swahili Street – I agree that much of the news isn’t tracked in terms of positive or negative. I also have doubts about the term “middle class.” A Swedish journalist who came to Liberia who I worked with wanted to do a story about middle class Liberia and I told her there wasn’t one. We eventually profiled one of my colleagues who works at UNICEF – makes a steady income, sends his kids to school, has a TV and a small hair saloon that his wife works at on the side. But, he’s not “middle” – he’s upper class. The only thing above him is the disgustingly wealthy elite.

By: Joshua Wanyama

Joshua Wanyama — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:05:27 +0000

Thanks for the link and mention. You have some wonderful photos. Hopefully you will one day submit some of them to Africa Knows.

By: Swahili Street

Swahili Street — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:12:30 +0000

@Swahili Street, though i'm not sure that 'middle class' is a particularly useful category, particularly in east africa, at least

By: Swahili Street

Swahili Street — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:10:14 +0000

good stuff. I was aware of Africa Knows but not the other one. And well said on the perennial issue of ‘bad news’. Easy to quantify it – but nobody ever bothers. And yes, most news is bad.

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:57:37 +0000

thanks for the fabulous links.