Teju Cole on American sentimentality towards Africa

From ...My heart's in Accra Thu Mar 8 2012, 12:43:49

Teju Cole, who just won a prestigious award for his novel "Open City", offers a brief essay, in Twitter form, as a reaction to Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign: Seven thoughts on the banality of sentimentality. about 2 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite @tejucole Teju Cole 1- From Sachs to Kristof to Invisible Children to TED, [...]

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