With much fanfare at the G8 Conference at Gleneagles back in early July we witnessed the gathered political "leaders" making lofty declarations of support for Africa on a multitude of levels - debt, food, medical aid, etc. Needless to say the media lapped it up. And Bob Geldhof and Bono got their minute in the sun as did the various concerts around the globe.
2 months later and Darfur, in Sudan, and the ongoing troubles plaguing the African continent, generally, have disappeared off the radar. When did you last read, see or hear anything about the travails of the atrocities, sick, dying and diseased in Africa?
The whole thing is no more than a reflection of politics at play - and who cares about the lives at stake? Might it just have something to do with the fact that Africans are black and poor? Is there any reason to be anything but cynical especially when one sees how Americans "internally" dealt with African-Americans and the poor in relation to Hurricane Katrina!
2 months later and Darfur, in Sudan, and the ongoing troubles plaguing the African continent, generally, have disappeared off the radar. When did you last read, see or hear anything about the travails of the atrocities, sick, dying and diseased in Africa?
The whole thing is no more than a reflection of politics at play - and who cares about the lives at stake? Might it just have something to do with the fact that Africans are black and poor? Is there any reason to be anything but cynical especially when one sees how Americans "internally" dealt with African-Americans and the poor in relation to Hurricane Katrina!
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