{"id":176434064,"date":"2014-03-19T00:29:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T05:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176434064"},"modified":"2014-03-19T00:34:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T05:34:28","slug":"video-binyavanga-wainaina-on-aid-power-and-the-politics-of-development-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2014\/03\/19\/video-binyavanga-wainaina-on-aid-power-and-the-politics-of-development-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Binyavanga Wainaina on aid, power and the politics of development in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 18 March 2014<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Binyavanga-Wainaina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-176434065\" alt=\"Binyavanga Wainaina\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Binyavanga-Wainaina.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Binyavanga-Wainaina.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Binyavanga-Wainaina-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name headline\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Binyavanga Wainaina on aid, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name headline\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">power and the politics <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name headline\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">of development in Africa<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div><b><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QN-w4jMAqrI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"stand-first\" itemprop=\"description\" data-component=\"Video:standfirst_cta\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Kenyan writer best known for his celebrated Granta essay \u2013 How to write about Africa \u2013 talks to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/eliza-anyangwe\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eliza Anyangwe<\/span><\/a>\u00a0about how the notion of &#8216;development&#8217; and other words incubated in the west fail to capture the reality of Africa. &#8216;The obsession with the essay has become very interesting because it provokes liberal guilt: what can we do better, but never asks how can we restructure power arrangements, which is what Africa needs,&#8217; says Wainaina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">He goes on to talk about the portrayal of Africa as &#8216;diabolically corrupt&#8217; and, using Kenya as an example, explains how those stereotypes feed the development industry and everything it does. Do you agree with him?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development-professionals-network\/video\/2014\/mar\/18\/binyavanga-wainaina-aid-power-politics-development\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development-professionals-network\/video\/2014\/mar\/18\/binyavanga-wainaina-aid-power-politics-development<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 18 March 2014 Binyavanga Wainaina on aid, power and the politics of development in Africa\u00a0 The Kenyan writer best known for his celebrated Granta essay \u2013 How to write about Africa \u2013 talks toEliza Anyangwe\u00a0about how the notion of &#8216;development&#8217; and other words incubated in the west fail to capture the reality of Africa. 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