AFRI 1001 Study Guide - Bantu Expansion, Atlantic Slave Trade, African Literature

• School: Carleton University
• Department: African Studies
• Course: AFRI 1001
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Real africa , representation in popular culture and media. West is not a place its a project . West has come to represent idea, not geography. Edouard said orientalism, east is product of western classification. East/west are constructions, become dominant way of thinking. Ideas of africa formed by politics/economics going back to colonialism. Synecdoche - part of something becomes the whole. Misinfa about africa has become a growth industry in the west- ama biney. Under development therefore in need of help. Taken humanity out of continent (stock images perpetuate) - exotism. Headlines wild tribes hostile mourning ferocious breasts. Gone on to influence ideas about africa todays trophies that has currency. Story of white man drpped into africa. can soon do everything better than anyone. Chimamanda ndiche - the power of a single story. Told enough, single story becomes only story. Authentic african story doesn"t correspond to stereotypes. People themselves start only knowing perpetuating stereotypes.