Tuesday, July 03, 2007
If You Teach a Man to Fish . . .
Ever since studying South Africa in college, I've kept an ear half-cocked toward the doings of the country and the wider African continent. I've posted before about most of society's "Poor Africa" mentality, and how there's energy and creativity within the people of the continent who can position it toward a better economy and life circumstances for its citizens. Today, through reddit, I found a very thoughtful post that iterates what I've been thinking about the situation. The post is by Jennifer Brea at American.com and is called "Africans to Bono: 'For God's sake, please stop!"
Sometimes we forget to teach people how to fish . . . .
Sometimes we forget to teach people how to fish . . . .
Labels: africa, bono, creativity, fish
