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I don't think Africa is misunderstood. Unfortunately, due to historical reasons, it is a continent that is light years behind other parts of the world. Trust me, I once thought about visiting Africa but the fact that almost every country requires a visa and the cost of flying in Africa is absurd, not to mention that I would not really trust an African airline to take good care of their planes, so it is almost not worth it.
It is really hard to want to visit a continent when you hear about ritual servitude like they do in Ghana, Togo and Benin where the leader of a tribe takes young virgin girls, in payment for services or in religious atonement for alleged misdeeds of a family member.
Maybe some people find that "exotic" and "interesting" but I find it appalling. Or you hear about yet one more coup d'etat in some African country, the law in Malawi where people are fined for farting in public or people in Liberia contracting ebola because they are eating bats
You could argue that this lack of development is due to colonialism and "oppression" but for the most part, i think it is Africans doing it to themselves.
Do you really think Africa is all about (ritual servitudes, jungle, etc...). Stop thinking all you watch in tv, it's true !
All african countries are not the same!!!
I agree some countries are more dangerous than others, but dont put all of them in the same basket.
I have many friends who went to Senegal, Kenya and never had a problem.
I recommend you to do more research.
You should really try Senegal.
I do agree somewhat but why do people tie Africa with the same brush?
Its like saying because North Korea the whole of Asia is brought down by that one country bit silly..
Because Africa has a ton of North Koreas, such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, CAR, Zimbabwe, Mali, Niger, Chad, Uganda, Burundi, etc. They're also spread out rather evenly across the continent, so you can't really say that one part of Africa is "good" and another part is "bad".
Yea that was a once in a lifetime snowfall in Johannesburg with a average high of 16c. Yeah not wintry.
Wrong.
It's Ifrane, Morocco. And it snows every year there.
Last edited by Ethereal; 11-10-2014 at 04:38 PM..
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