In this video (“An Innocent Abroad”), the New York Times’ Nicholas (“the great White Savior”) Kristof continues his “Win A Trip” series, in which he brings an American student to Africa to see what the world out there is “really like.” The lessons learned on this trip? Africa’s roads are bad! Very bad!
Interesting how throughout these 7+ minutes we don’t get to hear from any actual Africans. Even when Mitch talks with a group of young men who speak English, we never hear their voices – they don’t make the cut. Yet the random German (read: white) tourists do.
And hey Mitch – when you visit a country (and go on video to talk about it), you should probably be able pronounce its name correctly. Just sayin’.
Video: Rick Ross In South Africa
Here’s Ricky Rozay‘s South/Central Africa tour video blog. Follow him to the Palazzo Montecasino Hotel in Joburg then to his two-night stint at the Coca-Cola Dome with Lil’ Wayne. Ross then heads to Libreville where he spotlights a young Gabon rapper onstage. From the footage it looks like the MMG/YMCMB crew spared no expenses on the tour. For the flip side of the coin, see this article on the issue of American artists performing in Africa.