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News: TB: Akon: America isn't made for African Americans
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Originally posted by crazywildpop
as for most AAs not seeing Africa as a vacation spot, I can't say I'm surprised. Most in developed countries don't regardless of race, and add that to the fact that Americans in general don't travel much... especially as far as Africa.
A lot of actual Africans I know/people with African parents probably wouldn't even see Africa as a holiday spot. My Nigerian friend said it's not picturesque etc. Sad really
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Very true, I am guilty of that myself
I asked my older sister why there were so many white people here and and she said Ghana is actually a popular holiday spot in West Africa!
There's loads of Asians, Americans, Europeans here surprisingly.
Many popular Africa holiday locations include: Morrocco, Eygpt, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa
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Originally posted by Sinister
i think when it comes to Africa...Egypt is like the only place people would most likely go to because of the pyramids
my Environmental Science teacher has travelled the world but refuses to go to Africa...that's sad
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Morocco is probably the biggest vacation hot spot country in Africa. Then comes South Africa.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Sinister
i think when it comes to Africa...Egypt is like the only place people would most likely go to because of the pyramids
my Environmental Science teacher has travelled the world but refuses to go to Africa...that's sad
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nnn not even Egypt or Morocco? 
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I'm dying to visit anywhere in Africa, the whole continent if I could!
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Originally posted by B'Day
The medias portrayal of Africa is damaging 
I'm in Africa for holiday (Ghana), and there's KFC, there's restaurants, the Apple Store, Mango -- the average house here is bigger than the ones in London (where I live), there's literally everything
I even heard some white lady with an African accent |
This I've been there twice and lived in very big houses with bathrooms that looked fancier than most bathrooms over here in Germany
The real issue is the mentality, for me at least
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by crazywildpop
yup. The developed world's perception of Africa is so skewed. Of course there's poverty, but it's not one huge shithole made up of poor dirty villages  |
Dude even our president thinks that, he once said do you want to live in a place with no roads like in Africa?
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Originally posted by Priyanka Chopra
It was The Bachelor |
Of course it was 
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Originally posted by Rihbeyga
what show was this?
Overtime I am on plane from overseas and they get to our JHB airport they are shocked for their lives, they start taking pictures, like what were they expecting, we have better infrastructure than a lot of countries out there but as soon as people hear africa, its over.
A shame really
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Because the only thing the media ever shows about Africa is "poor, starving, malnourished children living in huts walking around barefoot listening to Sara Mclachlan on their 1950's transistor radios that they just got last month with the help of your donations".
I think the world is in need of a revolution when it comes to African representation. Pretty much everything in media is centered around European history, which is a big reason why most people don't see Africa as a viable or interesting place.
Even in movies, books, video games, etc. European lore is always the basis for epic films and books (game of thrones, lotr, harry potter, vikings, etc). But most people don't even realize how rich African lore and folktales are. Most of them are actually more epic and fantastical than Europe's. Film was a big reason why certain countries started to boom as huge tourist spots: New Zealand and Iceland for example. Hopefully as the world continues through this current racial diversity phase, we'll see more entertainment based around African mythology instead of just European. If people see that Africa's culture is just as rich as Europes, they'll grow interested enough to visit. Right now the best we have are the various movies about the ancient land of white Egypt. 
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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
Of course it was
Because the only thing the media ever shows about Africa is "poor, starving, malnourished children living in huts walking around barefoot listening to Sara Mclachlan on their 1950's transistor radios that they just got last month with the help of your donations".
I think the world is in need of a revolution when it comes to African representation. Pretty much everything in media is centered around European history, which is a big reason why most people don't see Africa as a viable or interesting place.
Even in movies, books, video games, etc. European lore is always the basis for epic films and books (game of thrones, lotr, harry potter, vikings, etc). But most people don't even realize how rich African lore and folktales are. Most of them are actually more epic and fantastical than Europe's. Film was a big reason why certain countries started to boom as huge tourist spots: New Zealand and Iceland for example. Hopefully as the world continues through this current racial diversity phase, we'll see more entertainment based around African mythology instead of just European. If people see that Africa's culture is just as rich as Europes, they'll grow interested enough to visit. Right now the best we have are the various movies about the ancient land of white Egypt. |
 A revolution is needed!
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Originally posted by Rihbeyga
Dude even our president thinks that, he once said do you want to live in a place with no roads like in Africa?
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Our president as in Michael D? 
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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
Of course it was
Because the only thing the media ever shows about Africa is "poor, starving, malnourished children living in huts walking around barefoot listening to Sara Mclachlan on their 1950's transistor radios that they just got last month with the help of your donations".
I think the world is in need of a revolution when it comes to African representation. Pretty much everything in media is centered around European history, which is a big reason why most people don't see Africa as a viable or interesting place.
Even in movies, books, video games, etc. European lore is always the basis for epic films and books (game of thrones, lotr, harry potter, vikings, etc). But most people don't even realize how rich African lore and folktales are. Most of them are actually more epic and fantastical than Europe's. Film was a big reason why certain countries started to boom as huge tourist spots: New Zealand and Iceland for example. Hopefully as the world continues through this current racial diversity phase, we'll see more entertainment based around African mythology instead of just European. If people see that Africa's culture is just as rich as Europes, they'll grow interested enough to visit. Right now the best we have are the various movies about the ancient land of white Egypt. |
PIPING HOT
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cloudinthesky COME THROUGH!!
Out of curiosity, are any of you guys from Africa? I'm fully Ghanaian wbu 
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Akon has been spilling the tea lately. Didn't he also spend loads of cash to help bring electricty to parts of Africa?
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Originally posted by Bright
This I've been there twice and lived in very big houses with bathrooms that looked fancier than most bathrooms over here in Germany
The real issue is the mentality, for me at least
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Tell 'em!!
The garden is MASSIVE, we even have a boys quarters where the dog and the houseboy lives -- when will the western world???
Where in Africa did u go
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Originally posted by Zoraluv
Akon has been spilling the tea lately. Didn't he also spend loads of cash to help bring electricty to parts of Africa?
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YESSS!! Akon is lovely. The source in the OP gives more detail 
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Originally posted by crazywildpop
Our president as in Michael D? |
i mean South African president, he told South africans to stop behaving like africans like malawians
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Originally posted by Rihbeyga
i mean South African president, he told South africans to stop behaving like africans like malawians
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Oh, I thought you meant the Irish president
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Originally posted by B'Day
cloudinthesky COME THROUGH!!
Out of curiosity, are any of you guys from Africa? I'm fully Ghanaian wbu |
My dad is half South African/half Dutch and my mom's parents were East African (but I was born/live in the US)
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And I've been to both South Africa and Kenya and I can confirm that Jo'Burg, Cape Town and Nairobi are on par with literally any American city you can think of (except maybe New York.)
There's nothing we have that they don't have.
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I'd LOVE to visit Africa. Every single region. It's sad that the media portrays it as such a bad place and that people believe it instead of doing their own research.
On a whole though, black people don't really travel much.
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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
Of course it was
Because the only thing the media ever shows about Africa is "poor, starving, malnourished children living in huts walking around barefoot listening to Sara Mclachlan on their 1950's transistor radios that they just got last month with the help of your donations".
I think the world is in need of a revolution when it comes to African representation. Pretty much everything in media is centered around European history, which is a big reason why most people don't see Africa as a viable or interesting place.
Even in movies, books, video games, etc. European lore is always the basis for epic films and books (game of thrones, lotr, harry potter, vikings, etc). But most people don't even realize how rich African lore and folktales are. Most of them are actually more epic and fantastical than Europe's. Film was a big reason why certain countries started to boom as huge tourist spots: New Zealand and Iceland for example. Hopefully as the world continues through this current racial diversity phase, we'll see more entertainment based around African mythology instead of just European. If people see that Africa's culture is just as rich as Europes, they'll grow interested enough to visit. Right now the best we have are the various movies about the ancient land of white Egypt. |
This piping hot tea
I want to go to Africa so bad, I'm from Cameroon and really wanna visit family but I've been there before and yeah its not the **** hole they portray here in the US, ofcourse there's poverty but there's so much more.
Another perception people have of Africa is a lack of diversity. In landscape but in particular people. Everyone thinks every african is extremely dark skin with very profound ethnic features. However Africa is the most genetically diverse continent. My mother is the same color as Taraji P Henson has thin lips and a very small nose but is still 100% west african in origin. It's ridiculous the perception people have about Africa.
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