Africas Image

Africa is portrayed to be a very poor continent. However, they have many resources that would make Africa be a very wealthy continent if only the government was not corrupt. The government and politicians take everything for themselves instead of bettering Africa as a whole.

 

When you see images of Africa you see things such as starving children, violence, aids, diseases, and shacks as homes. Starvation is not something that is very common anymore. Violence is something that happen no matter where you are. We have violence in the United States as well but it does not become our "image" of our country. Many diseases develop in Africa, this is something that has been shown to have truth behind it. I think that this is the reason why there are so many doctors and nurses wanting to travel to Africa in order to help out the people. They do not have the funding for medical supplies such as vaccinations, medications, and tools. Africa actually has very beautiful building and amazing architecture. There are certain areas that do have very nice homes, for example in South Africa. I attached a picture of a home in South Africa, it is not the typical image of African houses. This just shows how much the media likes to portray things in a certain light.