"We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality and efficacy behind many Western initiatives to abolish poverty and speed development in Africa."
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2008/ethics_of_aid-kenya/
also, a link to binyavanga wainaina's controversial and influential essay "how to write about africa."
http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-About-Africa?view=articleAllPages
please feel free to share your thoughts/comments/questions. it doesn't have to be an essay.
daniel
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