Telling the African Story

Week of 3/27

In class this week, we were able to immerse ourselves in the topics o media literacy and fair writing. We were tasked with reading different excerpts about what it means to be knowledgable of untrustworthy sources, biased media, and misinformation, as trustworthy news sources are the backbone of our democracy. In the TED Talk "Telling the African Story", the speaker discusses the importance of telling the happenings of Africa in their entirety, without including propaganda or pandering to a certain group.

Though Africa has many successes and triumphs that should be celebrated, there are also issues that could and should be solved. On the other hand, images of Africa, at least when I was growing up, consisted of nothing but poverty, suffering, and undeveloped areas. Perhaps the news world is trying to change the narrative of the African continent by highlighting Africa's successes.