The African Abroad: On Ebola, Lala Anthony and Social Media Ignorance

From AfriPOP! Fri Aug 8 2014, 20:04:45

The African Abroad is a column featuring the random musings of AfriPOP! editor Yolanda Sangweni. So we're in 2014--Everyone has Google. Everyone has a TV to watch the local (or international news). And yet, here we are, with the Ebola virus sending Americans into an apocalyptic frenzy because, according to "the Innanet," Africans, or anyone traveling from Africa, is bringing Ebola into the "first world." Just read Guardian Nigerian writer [...]

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