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Honeyblade t1_ir5lweh wrote

Reply to comment by jabbadarth in Leaked messages allegedly show members of TU’s TPUSA chapter using racial, homophobic slurs by aresef

I think most Americans think any country Africa is just a third-world wasteland. It's by design, it's the only way any media portrays any African nation. They have no idea how beautiful places like Ghana, Uganda, and Namibia are.

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aresef OP t1_ir5qefx wrote

Or I've never been to Lagos but it looks like a wonderful place.

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jabbadarth t1_ir5up3v wrote

I'll admit I was quite ignorant myself until a few years ago. One of my coworkers is from Uganda and regularly visits. I asked her what she did while she was there and she said she stayed with family and would go clubbing and go out to dinner and see movies etc. I was like wait what's in Uganda. I just had that stereotypical view of Africa being nothing but villages with cities containing tin roofed shacks. Some cities in Uganda are closer to wakanda than they are the wide perception of Africa.

Edit:never change reddit. Downvoted for talking about how I learned something.

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Honeyblade t1_ir6bzmn wrote

Also the wildlife in Namibia is so cool and beautiful! Worth it just to go look at the plants and animals.

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[deleted] t1_ir5pj46 wrote

Or Tanzania or Kenya or... List goes on

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Honeyblade t1_ir5rm91 wrote

Exactly, there are so many beautiful places in Africa!

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