AFRICA IS A COUNTRY

Ben Affleck

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Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Ben Affleck makes the DRC cool again

The New York Times, in its infinite wisdom (it comes with being The New York Times), decided that one of the paper’s reporters, one Brooks Barnes, should write what amounts to a fluff piece (it’s not actual reporting) splintered with quotes in the “Fashion & Style” section about actor Ben Affleck’s supposed maturity and all-round

Friday, March 18th, 2011

This is about Congo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0dfuAWDIQ ABC News on Ben Affleck’s “time with the people of Congo” and his “odd couple” pairing with Cindy McCain. There’s also this.

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Betting on Africa

These celebrities want to gamble and hang out. So they say they want to save Africans.