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I had an interesting conversation with my professor, Ellery Washington and the rest of the small narrative essays class where we talked about how we reacted to news of the election outcome. All of us are writers and are therefore used to constantly analyzing the world around us, seeking the threads that can be twisted together to make compelling stories.

The
emerging writer

On Eighth Street,

A midget
walks up to a bohemian dressed Afro-Mexican girl in the middle of reading the
first chapter of Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy.

From the When not in Africa. . . blog.

When writing about Africa many times it is difficult to bring the proper perspective or 'view'. So often people write about Africa with the view, that many of us have come to know, from the myths of Africa. The old myths of a 'dark' continent, Heart of Darkness, uncivilized, and savage to the new myths of a continent wrought with poverty, disease, and conflict, these are all too often emphasized in writings about Africa. That, I would say, is a poor representation of Africa, its many countries, and its many peoples. In her blog, Acumen Fund Fellow Jocelyn Wyatt, writes about her training in writing about Africa before being stationed in Kenya for eight months. She tells us of three views often evident in writings about Africa. I will allow her writing to continue this message. And I hope, that I can write about Africa with a critical eye and not with a jaded or an overly simplistic mindset. I hope to understand the intricacies of Africa and not look too far past the idea that all people are more alike than they are different.