Title The uncertain business of doing good : outsiders in Africa / Larry Krotz

Published Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : maps Contents Introduction: Outsiders in Africa -- Angola 1992 -- Luanda -- Huambo -- Reportage -- Other People's Countries -- Nairobi, Kenya 1997 -- Looking for a Prostitute -- Hawa -- Searching for Hawa's Secret -- How Do You Define Progress? -- Arusha, Tanzania 2002 -- Pastor Ntakirutimana -- Missionaries for Justice -- The Geneva of Africa -- Verdicts on Rwanda -- Who Goes to Africa? -- Kisumu, Kenya 2004 -- The Nyanza Club -- Circumcising Africa -- Scientific Life -- The Uncertain Business of Doing Good -- Leaving Africa Summary The relationship between Westerners and Africa has long been conflicted and complicated. Frequently exploitative, it is also just as often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to 'do good'. The persistence of this impulse is intriguing. From Doctor Livingstone 150 years ago to the rock star Bono today, outsiders have championed foreign intervention in Africa in political, social, economic, and health care reforms. But underlying all these good intentions, isn't there a hierarchical belief that we, as outsiders, somehow know what's best for Africa?As a journalist and documentary filmmaker, Larry Krotz follows the projects of Canadian, American, British and European scientists, NGOs, lawyers, and peacekeepers, all motivated in some manner by the desire to 'do good' in Africa. He focuses specifically on people involved in trying to end the Angolan civil war, AIDS research in Kenya, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the UNIM circumcision research project in Kenya. Along with telling their stories, he examines the ethical and social implications of humanitarian and research projects in Africa, raising many difficult, yet critically important, questions. How have we come to think the way we do about Africa and its people? What has motivated us to action, for good or ill? And, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, is there a choice between doing nothing and doing the well-intended, but, perhaps, wrong thing? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) Notes English Print version record Subject Krotz, Larry, 1948- -- Travel -- Africa SUBJECT Krotz, Larry, 1948- fast Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Africa Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa Altruism. Altruism POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. Altruism Humanitarian assistance International relations Social conditions Travel SUBJECT Western countries -- Relations -- Africa Africa -- Relations -- Western countries Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001576 Subject Africa Western countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780887553844 0887553842 9780887554148 0887554148 1283091305 9781283091305 9786613091307 6613091308

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