Thursday, November 20, 2008

FOOD SCARCE IN DOMA......HYPED UP DAMN MISMANAGED REPORTING

Map locates Mhangura in the Doma district of Zimbabwe;





Vhukani Sibanda catapults a bird for food for the pot in Doma, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Zimbabwe's economy is in crisis, and a political deadlock has left the nation without a functioning government since disputed elections in March.
Vhukani Sibanda with his catapult and his catch for the pot in Doma, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.
Vhukani Sibanda snaps the neck of a bird he caught to eat in Doma, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.



Vhukani Sibanda with his dogs hunts for birds for food in Doma, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.
Tendai Mutevera looks for food in a birds nest in Doma, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.



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JOURNALISTS TAKE NOTE.....YOU HAVE MADE A HUGE BLUNDER WITH THESE PICS....




This kind of journalism piss's me off in a huge way.......they to me are actually making a mockery of the hunger of the people in Zimbabwe......


And here is why.......people in Zim have been killing and eating birds since time began......it is what we do and not because we are hungry but because that is part of our culture......so what might be shocking and unnatural to others isn't to me so the very thing that they are trying to prove which is that people are damn hungry,people are even dying in Zim has just been neutralized completely.......

1 comments:

I agree. Cultural ignorance (even on the part of some African reporters for national news organizations) undermines the serious issues facing Africa. Favorite treats such as mbeva (field mice) and madora (catapillars) are not seen as special foods but signs of starvation. When a frenchman eats snails is that because he is starving or because it's a treat? When europeans eat fish eggs is that because they are starving or is it a treat?

Real starvation exists. Deal with the real problem not cultural differences.

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