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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