False portrayals of Africa not limited to western media

Editor, Refer to the letter, “Why we must expose the self-appointed Africa expert” (The New Times, June 6). Why would those who think that Africa is a country care how genuine the expertise of their “analyst” is? Most western audiences and readers have been fed with one-dimensional cartoonish views of Africa by their pseudo experts for so long that we shouldn’t be surprised if the average Westerner believes most Africans live in trees.
Local and foreign journalists cover the 20th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi last year at Amahoro Stadium in Remera, Kigali. (Timothy Kisambira)
Local and foreign journalists cover the 20th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi last year at Amahoro Stadium in Remera, Kigali. (Timothy Kisambira)
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