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... on See the full thing on the Global Voices webpage here, but here’s a little little bit…
“Maybe I just go where the weather is better,” says Josh of In an African Minute.
He’s referring to why he chooses to work in Africa rather than where his family is from in Eastern Europe, but also to the current ruckus that’s been unleashed by the essay “Stop Trying to Save Africa,” in the Washington Post by Uzodinma Iweala. The American raised and Harvard educated Nigerian novelist wrote a compelling essay, one which the Expats in the Ugandan blogosphere have almost all felt necessary to formulate a response to. The Ugandans, however, have linked to the essay, and even commented on Expat blogs, but remained quiet on their own pages.
The 27th Comrade says:
Lemme go read that … Congs on getting into the GV. It seems, though, GV uses non-Ugandans to report on Uganda. Joshua, then Jackfruity, then you.
They probably have a good reason, even though it still eludes me, for now.
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— August 1, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
Scarlett Lion says:
I think I’ll just say thank you and hold my tongue with the commentary…
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— August 2, 2007 @ 3:22 am