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April 26, 2012

How Not to Write About Africa

Laura Seay, Foreign Policy

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It's hard out here for us old Africa hands. We are desperate to see more coverage of important stories from the continent and for our neighbors to become more educated about the places where we study and work. Yet when we get that coverage, it tends to make us cringe.

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