To start, I really think that as Americans we assume that we know most about what goes on in the world. Maybe we are arrogant, maybe we just assume that we get the truth from our journalists, but to be honest many Americans could probably care less about Africa.

I was lucky enough to be brought up in a household that shared other cultures and valued different countries. But being brought up this way has its disadvantages too, being taught about Sierra Leone and the culture, language, government, etc. made me think I knew about most of Africa. Thankfully, I learned the errors of my ways early enough to not make a fool out of myself in college. While reading this book I was surprised mostly by the overall ignorance of the American public. I didn’t realize how much we, as a country, stereotype so much of African life, culture, environment, etc.

My biggest disappointment is how we refer to anything and everything African “native”, although I don’t think most of us do it......

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