Summary
The video “What Do We Know About Africa?” shown in the class is about the misinformation most people have about the said continent. The clip focuses on the negative portrayal of Africa and XXXXXXX XXXXXXX (denoting peoples of XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXXX) in mainstream XXXXX. XXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX how XXXXX negative XXXXXXXXXX reinforce stereotypes XXXX XX “XXXXXX XX an exotic place,” “African XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX,” “Africa XX a desert XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX,” and the XXXXX. The clip XXXXXXXXXX ethnocentrism as a XXXXXXX part XX XXX XXXXXXX since it XXXXXXXXXX an ‘us versus them’ XXXXXXXXX, which automatically XXXX XX XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXX put Africa XX a disadvantage. The XXXXX then XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXX about African people and the XXXXXXXXX nations XXX cultures continent in terms XX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX, XXX languages among other themes. It ended XXXX a note XX what XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX can XXXX in order to know and talk XXXXX Africa XXXXXX.
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XXXXX are a XXX XX XXXXXX discussed in XXX video. However, XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX the widely XXXXXXXXX issue in it. As XXXXXXXXX earlier, at the XXXX of XXXX XXXXX XX XXX ethnocentrism. Most XXXXXX XXX XXX not XXXX any XX XXX XXXXXXXXX in XXX continent XXXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXX it XX actually XXXXXXXX of many XXXXXXX XX different XXXXXXXX. This XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX XXX XX versus them mentality. Common XXXXXXXX are “XX live in the cities, they live in XXXXXXXX,” “we live in XXXXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXXXXX,” “we are XXXXXXXXX, XXXX XXX superstitious,” XXX many other XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX. XX XXX clip suggests, XXXX XXX XX XXXXXX by XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXX continent, which it did.
XXXXXXX XX the XXXXXXXX misinformation XXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX. In the clip, there are points XX interests raised XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXX Africa, XXXXX are XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX, XXX XXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXX to XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX assume that XXXXXX XXXX not XXXX a history XXXXXX XXX Europeans XXXX, that XXXXXX XX XXXX a XXXXXX land, XXX XXXX it XXXX XXX one XXXXXXXX all over the XXXXX XXXXX. XXXXX were all XXXXXX to XX false in XXX XXXX as it presents XXXX details XXX XXXX of XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX the continent. XX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX have their XXXXXXXXX and kingdoms XXXX reached XXX XXXXXXXX and Asian continent with rulers such as Akhenaton, XXXXXXX, XXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX. XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX the fact XXXX the XXXXXXXXX of Africa is XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, and grasslands or XXXXXXX. XXXXXX, it discusses the many XXXXXXXXX in XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXX XX least XX,000 in XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XX peoples who XXXXXXXX speak more XXXX one language XXX XX XXX XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXX spoken in XXXX nation.
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XX conclusion, XX the XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX, that XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX XX their own XXXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XX a XXXXXXXXX so XXXXXXX, with XXXX of different peoples and XXXXXXXX, XXXX its own XXXXXXX (XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX came in XXXXX XXXXX), XXX is XXXXXXX in XXX larger XXXXX just like XXX other continent. More XXXX XXXXX, it is also important that XXXXXX should be responsible XX XXXX XXXX XXXXX Africa XXX each XX the countries in XXX continent XXXXXX XXXXX involved in a conversation or discussion about it. This way, when XXXX XXXXX, XXXX XXXX that XXXX make information as a basis XXX not just XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX notion or stereotype.
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