AAS 104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ethnography, Pseudoscience, Chinua Achebe

• School: U of M
• Department: Afroamerican & African Studies
• Course: AAS 104
• Professor: Achirri Ismael

Document Summary

Ept 20: the origi(cid:374)s of (cid:862)darkest afri(cid:272)a(cid:863: mistaking africa: curiosities and inventions of the american mind - curtis kleim and carolyn. Somerville: changing our mind about africa, africa"s 11. 7 million square miles make it larger than china, the united states, india, most of europe, argentina, and new zealand combined. If our general categories are reasonably accurate, they help us navigate our complex world. It sounds authentic because it comes from africa, but it might as well be from the. United states, which has equally good or better communications with most african cities. Ironically, bias in media coverage can also be found in the desire of some reporters to treat africa well. In producing such reports, the journalists glossed over the undemocratic and dishonest features of the new regimes, thus allowing the new rulers to believe that the west would look the other way if they acted badly.