Save Africans!

Bono has guest edited an issue of Vanity Fair.

It is all about Africa.

I heard on the news that he had sent journalists all around Africa to write about it.

First thing that pops into my head:

"Were any of them African?"

looking at the table of contents, from what I can tell, only one story written in the entire magazine was written by an African. Wouldnt an issue about Africa and what needs to be done there be more effective or more powerful if I was reading African voices?

Is this the eighteenth century? Are we going to save these poor people with missionary politics?

just an aggravation.

I wonder how Bono would feel if I guest edited a special issue all about Ireland, and I sent a whole lot of people from Kentucky. I wonder what sort of insight we would gain...

Now, dont get me wrong, I dont think it is bad for an outside perspective or for peopel to want to help there, but I think it needs to be balanced and probably balanced more towards the voices of the people there. They are not mute people. I am pretty sure they have voices, and things to say. Then we could get the point of view of a couple people going there the first time or who have some experience working there...