O Verdadeiro MAMI

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Who do you think you are?

Este artigo (em primeira pessoa) no site da BBC vale a pena ler.


I am African.
I am Ghanaian.
I am Akan.
And I am human.

Yet when I am in America, I am nothing except African.

Who, in South Dakota, cares whether you are a Nubian or a Libyan; Omotswana or Omoitsikere?

You all look and sound the same... and carry the same illness.

If I am in Europe, I am first an African - then I am Ghanaian second.

Europeans tend to appreciate the subtle differences among people from my continent.

And when I am in another African country - I am Ghanaian-African.

I like to express my Africanness through the uniqueness of being Ghanaian.

E depois, para matar saudades da nossa "viagem" para Malasia com Prof O'Neill, outro artigo sobre racismo e turismo naquele pais "multiculti".

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