Is There No Humanity in Africa?

Story No. 1: Let’s Start with Antarctica Àpa Àìmúdélé Ni Kò Jẹ́ Kí Aráyé Mọ̀ Wípé Ológbò Ńṣ'ọdẹ. (Yoruba proverb: It is its practice of hunting without displaying its kills that stops the world from understanding that the cat is not an idiot) The question mark in the title is not ironic. I really mean to find out what the rest of the world at large thinks about my continent. If I am honest, I want, more precisely, to know what the rest of the world thinks when t

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