Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Something to ponder I think that, while its intentions may well be good, the "A Day in the Life of Africa" project is a misguided mistake! It serves to reinforce the false world view that "Africa" is a single place which can be viewed as one single geographic entity with insufficient difference to warrant specifying beyond "Africa". The rest of the "A Day in the Life" books are for single countries (India, Thailand, Israel, China, Spain, Soviet Union, America and Japan or even states - California, Hawaii). There are more than 50 different countries in Africa, each with several culturally distinct groups and with many different languages, religions, cultures, etc. A "A Day in the Life of Africa" suggests that the countries of Africa do not have sufficient of interest in any one of them to create a "Day in the Life" book. This is obviously false. I think it is fairly typical of ignorant international attitudes and perceptions of Africa that have served Africa very badly in the past. It is a pity that this group of international journalists have chosen to reinforce this. Kind regards Harold Gess - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html