It's pretty obvious that the West has a pretty biased, monolithic image of Africa. As a teacher, it is very difficult for me (and dangerous of me) to stop myself from saying phrases like, "there are staving kids in Africa" or "imagine a poor place, like Africa." How do you see that image of Africa changing and what can we do to understand the diversity of Africa in the same way we see the diversity of Europe?
Note: I teach ESL in Korea and just being here has helped me breakdown the type of monolithic image I once had of Asia.
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It's pretty obvious that the West has a pretty biased, monolithic image of Africa. As a teacher, it is very difficult for me (and dangerous of me) to stop myself from saying phrases like, "there are staving kids in Africa" or "imagine a poor place, like Africa." How do you see that image of Africa changing and what can we do to understand the diversity of Africa in the same way we see the diversity of Europe?
Note: I teach ESL in Korea and just being here has helped me breakdown the type of monolithic image I once had of Asia.
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