"Are there universities in Africa?"
"Do you speak African?"
"How come you are not wearing any leaves?"
With the depiction of the African continent in the media as a singular place embattled with poverty, hunger, strife and disease it is no surprise that Africans in the diaspora often find themselves answering questions such as the ones above. Even international development organizations and non
-profits that seek to stir the sympathy of others often present Africa as a conglomerate of hopeless nations where everyone is sitting around waiting to be saved by foreign aid from Western countries. There is no denying that there is indeed poverty in Africa and many nations in the continent are faced with low human development indicators. However, Africa is also filled with people that are enterprising, innovative, hardworking and *gasp* fun! This page is for those unheard stories, the stories of achievement, entreprenurship, family, love, fashion. The stories about Africa they never show you.
