Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Band Aid 30: Act global, think local

The Bradford Telegraph And Argus knows what's crucial about Band Aid 30:

BRADFORD’S One Direction star Zayn Malik will feature on a new Band Aid song.
The term "ebola" doesn't appear until the penultimate word.

It's also uncomfortable the context in which is appears:
and is expected to raise millions to ease Africa’s Ebola crisis.
Most of Africa doesn't have an "Ebola crisis". So, in much the same way that the original Band Aid painted a picture of a continent entirely in the grip of famine (which wasn't the case), the new one is painting a picture of a continent raddled with disease (which isn't the case). Nice to keep those Imperialist traditions going, isn't it?


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