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Tourism
Feature in Africa’s Poor
Neighborhoods”. Or
something like that. And to
add to your surprise, you
have no idea of how the
image of you and your family
was taken, when it was taken,
and by whom.
But this is what’s happening
in the tourism sector in Africa
and it’s been happening for
a long time, but now it has a
tourists. Tourism is a money- flipping through a physical name. How, in the name of
spinner in many parts of or online magazine, and anything holy, will a person
Africa – and for Kenya it is suddenly, under the tourism or group of persons leave
the country’s second largest page, you find the photo of their countries, come to an
source of income. Its safaris yourself and your family African country, walk into
are world famous, but a having your evening meal a community of people,
recent drop-off in wildlife made of whatever staple take their photos with or
tourism has given rise to this food you usually eat for without their knowledge,
new type of sightseeing. dinner. Imagine how and then post them online as
(Excerpt from Nomad Africa surprised you would be. the trophies of their poverty
Magazine, Issue 14) Also, imagine that that tourism in Africa?
image was used as the main
Now, also imagine for cover of an article titled My first visit to the informal
a moment that you are “Maize Meal: A Prominent
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