Zombie statistics and poverty porn
Two sides of the same e-waste documentary.
23 Search Results for: poverty porn
Congo as Poverty Porn
What can we do for 'the worst place in the world'? Surely this play in London, is not the thing.
White eyes
Pressure on African writers to avoid the criticism of poverty porn limits the imagination of the writer and the ability to speak truth to power.
Five things that can’t be ignored about development photography
Here's two: Cultivate solidarity, not pity. And, showing suffering should be specific. Study up.
The Prisoner and his Pin-up Girl
Apartheid's prisons tolerated 'National Geographic; For Nelson Mandela, who knew better, it was porn.
Save The Children tries models and sex appeal
The real problem with the low appeal of "sustainability" and other dry development talk: they're vague, impersonal and detached. Not lack of dancing models.
Hollywood’s 419 Scam
Africa is apparently hot in Hollywood, but can Hollywood be trusted with African stories?
The Nigerian way
The feature film, 'Kasala,' feels like a documentary film about the Nigerian condition and appeals to anyone who has ever been poor.
Lagos in its filthy glory
Filmmaker Akin Omotoso shows the Lagos that pushes the sane to insanity, the meek to thuggery and the lawful to anarchy.
What if black people inverted South Africa’s township tours?
Two black Capetonians went to rich Camps Bay and filmed white people going on about their lives.
The lesson of Marikana
The relationship between the massacre of workers at Marikana and the rational destiny of market fundamentalism.
Who’s reporting Africa now?
NGOs and freelance journalists are increasingly filling the vacuum being left by a declining Western media presence. It's not all good.
The serious side of funny business
Nigerian comedians are getting political.
Jared Thorne’s Black Folks
A black photographer who moved to South Africa from the US, explores the transcontinental dialogue between black middle class people the world over.
What is wrong with Italian Reality TV?
The question is whether a reality TV show -- focusing on visiting Italians -- filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.
A glimpse of what could have been
The fantastical texture of the everyday in E. C. Osondu’s novel, "This House is Not for Sale."