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Andrew Mwend da un nuevo vistazo a África

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted Sep 2007TEDGlobal 2007
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En esta provocativa charla, el periodista Andrew Mwenda nos pide que reformulemos la "cuestión africana", que miremos más allá de las historias de los medios sobre pobreza, guerra civil e indefensión y que veamos las oportunidades de crear riqueza y felicidad por todo el continente.

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 Spanish by Jennifer Alemán Benítez
Reviewed by Sandra Milán Massagué
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