22 October 2011
her novels are also really brilliant, fyi:
so so good. (perfect companion to all that reading i'm doing, too.) especially at about 30 minutes when she says how europeans often view africans with this faux-jealousy of how they can live such a "simple life" and be happy and dance through it all. no- let's not romanticize poverty, and imagine that poorer women in africa wouldn't gladly have a washing machine and fully-stocked supermarket if they could have one. (and that there aren't africans who don't actually have washing machines and access to fully-stocked supermarkets, either.) anyway, it's a long vid, but well worth it.
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She is very interesting and is certainly a brilliant and well spoken woman. I had never thought how people think of Africa and the idea of chairty and goodness reflect the way some people thing and how the Nigerian's need to take responsibility to clarify their history of colonialism and how Nigeria was set not to suceed.
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Grammy
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