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Ο Andrew Mwedna ρίχνει μια νέα ματιά στην Αφρική

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted Sep 2007TEDGlobal 2007
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Σε αυτή την προκλητική ομιλία, ο δημοσιογράφος Andrew Mwenda μας ζητά να αλλάξουμε το πλαίσιο του "αφρικανικού ερωτήματος" - να κοιτάξουμε πέρα από τις ιστορίες των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης της φτώχειας, του εμφύλιου πόλεμου και της ανικανότητας και να δούμε τις ευκαιρίες για τη δημιουργία πλούτου και ευτυχίας σε όλη την ήπειρο.

Journalist Andrew Mwenda has spent his career fighting for free speech and economic empowerment throughout Africa. He argues that aid makes objects of the poor -- they become passive recipients of charity rather than active participants in their own economic betterment. Full bio »

Translated into Greek by Vassilis Papadopoulos
Reviewed by Giannis Kouskouras
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