Race Media and International Affairs 101
Readings & Resources
Cole, Teju. “When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism (And When It Still Is.).” The New York Times Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019 (PDF Attached)
Wainaina, Binyavanga. “How to Write About Africa.” Granta, no. 92, 2006, www.granta.com/how-to-write-about-africa/.
Mathers, Kathryn. “Mr. Kristof, I Presume? Saving Africa in the Footsteps of Nicholas Kristof.” Transition, vol. 107, no. 1, 2012, pp. 14–31.
Achebe, Chinua. “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness.’” The Massachusetts Review, vol. 18, no. 4, 1977, pp. 782–794.
Choudhary, Zara. “Photography as a Tool of Power and Subjugation: How the Camera was used to justify Black Racial Inferiority.” Sacred Footsteps, 8 June 2020, sacredfootsteps.com/2020/06/08/photography-as-a-tool-of-power-and-subjugation-how-the-camera-was-used-to-justify-black-racial-inferiority/.
Jacobs, Sean. “Q&A: Sean Jacobs on Africa Is a Country.” Columbia Journalism Review, CJR, 17 Mar. 2016, www.cjr.org/q_and_a/qa‑sean‑jacobs‑on‑africa‑is‑a‑country.php.
Recommendations
Books
“Black Livingstone - A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo” by Pagan Kennedy
“A Continent for the Taking - The Tragedy and Hope of Africa” by Howard French
“We Need New Names” by NoViolet Bulawayo
“Dead Aid: Why Aid Is not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa” by Dambisa Moyo
Articles
“Exposed: Collusion and Cover-Up - A World Bank and Bridge International Academies Scandal” by Education International
“As Band Aid marks 40th anniversary critics take aim at Africa stereotypes” by Esther Addley
“Band Aid star defends song as megamix is released” by Mark Savage
“’They take the money and go’ why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID” by Mara Kardas-Nelson
“China’s First Political School in Africa” by Paul Nantulya
Other Media Platforms
Digital Media Organization - African Stream