• Kenya

    Africa Without Pity – Stereotypes and Slum Tourism

    How do you report from Africa without being patronising? It is a topic that has been going through my mind for several days now. Do the people in the slums really feel that Angelina Jolie cares about them, when she arrives in her private jet, stays at the best hotel in the country (if she stays there at all) then jets right out again. Is there a danger that it can be seen as “do-gooder tourism”. How do you leave the slums without feeling helpless, hopeless, daunted by the task ahead? And how do you cope with the stories you hear? I watched Sian from Geek Is The New Chic…