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Aya
by Marguerite Abouet
“ABOUET: we are often told that Africans live in famine, illness, tribal wars, poverty, with a hand extended, begging the West for aid.
It is interesting to confirm that the easy-going and careless impression of Africa that is found in Aya fortunately still exists, even today. It would be nice if the African continent were evoked dropping the stereotypes of suffering because Africa is really quite a large and diverse continent, and as everywhere else—particularly in the United States, there are enormous differences and social classes.
Paradoxically, it is a form of well disposed racism when I hear some people say they will never go to Africa for fear of seeing this suffering. One needs to know that Africans are more than the side of misery that is persistently shown of their continent. Africans have only had their independence for 40 years, compared to a century for France; it seems fair to give Africans time to free themselves of old crocodiles in power and to evolve.”
It is interesting to confirm that the easy-going and careless impression of Africa that is found in Aya fortunately still exists, even today. It would be nice if the African continent were evoked dropping the stereotypes of suffering because Africa is really quite a large and diverse continent, and as everywhere else—particularly in the United States, there are enormous differences and social classes.
Paradoxically, it is a form of well disposed racism when I hear some people say they will never go to Africa for fear of seeing this suffering. One needs to know that Africans are more than the side of misery that is persistently shown of their continent. Africans have only had their independence for 40 years, compared to a century for France; it seems fair to give Africans time to free themselves of old crocodiles in power and to evolve.”