African News Review EP 2 Western Media's Shoddy Analysis of Africa I African News Review 🌍
In this conversation, Adesoji Iginla and Milton Allimadi discuss the coverage of Africa in Western media and analyze various news stories. They highlight the biased and limited coverage of Africa in corporate media, focusing on the US presidential election and the protests in Kenya.
They also discuss the challenges African countries face, such as debt, lack of industrialization, and reliance on imports.
The conversation touched on the importance of African intellectualism and the need for Africans to believe in their own capabilities. They also mentioned the exclusion of Zimbabwe from a US African command conference.
In this episode, Adesoji Iginla and Milton Allimadi discussed various news articles and analyzed the underlying themes and biases. They critiqued the poor journalism in a Voice of America article about Zimbabwe's absence from a security conference, pointing out the selective reporting and lack of context.
They also discussed an article about coalition politics in South Africa, highlighting the racism and biased framing in the coverage.
Lastly, they examine an article about Mauritania's stability and the omission of the NATO intervention in Libya that contributed to regional instability.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
04:16 The Bias in Western Media Coverage of Africa
23:39 Towards Self-Sufficiency: Industrialisation in Africa
31:10 Zimbabwe's Exclusion from the US African Command Conference
39:33 Biased Reporting and Poor Journalism
40:42 Manufactured and Forced Stories
44:14 Western Media's Shoddy Analysis
50:59 The Role of Western Intervention in Africa
57:42 Land Redistribution and Corruption
01:05:17 Questioning the Narrative
01:09:38 Coup in Africa Equals Bad Thing?
01:11:47 The Importance of Historical Context