maybe another example of where the mass media puts in its headlines how terrible things are in africa, here is the latest editorial and first few lines in the ny times today. in light of our previous discussion of abani, and then all the negativity in the press, here is a classic:
Kennedy Odede, Jan 8, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya — Terrorism is a global reality, and for me as a Kenyan, this struck close to home in September with the siege of the Westgate mall. Yet in many ways, growing up in Nairobi I was always in the midst of terror. As a boy living in extreme poverty in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums, I learned early on that I was disposable, that human life is not equally valued.
read the rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/terrorisms-fertile-ground.html?hp&rref=opinion
[i can see the times's readership shaking their heads and clucking their tongues]
ken
Kennedy Odede, Jan 8, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya — Terrorism is a global reality, and for me as a Kenyan, this struck close to home in September with the siege of the Westgate mall. Yet in many ways, growing up in Nairobi I was always in the midst of terror. As a boy living in extreme poverty in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums, I learned early on that I was disposable, that human life is not equally valued.
read the rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/opinion/terrorisms-fertile-ground.html?hp&rref=opinion
[i can see the times's readership shaking their heads and clucking their tongues]
ken
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