 ‘Africa is not the Dark Continent as so often described by writers
from the gloomy northern skies of Europe. Not the Dark Continent at
all. It is the Luminous Continent. Drenched in sun, pounded by heat
and shimmering in its blinding glare. And within this immense continent,
deserts with their seas of sand, tropics with their jungles, equators
with their rain forest and coasts with more animals and fish than are
imaginable.There are more people, languages and cultures here than anywhere
else on our planet. Africa is quite simply the most extraordinary beautiful
and luminous place on earth.
But most of us continue to see Africa as an object, a
single, blighted place burning in the relentless glaring heat. For others
it occupies a romantic space in our imagination of child-like primitives
and wild, beautiful creatures. For still more, it’s the dark side
of our minds, the impenetrable place, the unknowable mind. And yes,
all of this is partially true too much of the time. But there are other
Africas.’ |
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Geldof in Africa - the BBC TV series |
The Commission for Africa's Report | |||
'It’s shocking. I didn’t expect, or want, to have to say this – but it’s shocking because it’s brilliant. Often spluttering with fury. And incredulous horror. But just as often, Bob is very, very funny.' - Evening Standard 'Extremely well written and often remarkable' - Sunday Times |
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