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1 | After Kony 2012, “What I Love About Africa” Reclaims Narrative | Taorian'ny Kony 2012, “Inona No Tiako Momba An'i Afrika” Ho Setriny |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Kony 2012. Anyone following online citizen media closely this month, would inevitably have come across the heated global debate over the Invisible Children viral campaign to stop Ugandan war criminal and rebel army leader Joseph Kony. | Izay rehetra mpanaraka ny median'olotsotra tamin'ity volana ity dia tsy afa-miala tamin'ilay adihevitra mafana manerantany momba ny fanentanana nalaza vetivety momba ny Invisible Children hisamborana ilay mpamono olona an'ady sady mpitarika ny tafika mpioko ongandey Joseph Kony. |
3 | While the Kony 2012 campaign certainly received the attention it sought, many Ugandans and Africans felt its message lacked the nuance required by context, and was more focused on raising funds for the organisation's own survival rather than empowering the people affected by the conflict. | Raha nahazo ny fifantohana nokendreny ny Kony 2012, dia maro kosa ny Ongandey sy ny Afrikana no mahatsapa fa tsy ampy fakana bahana ilain'ny sehatra ny votoatin-kafatra nampitainy, fa mifantoka kokoa amin'ny fanangonam-bola ataon'ny fikambanana fa tsy dia amin'ny fampaherezana ireo niharam-boinan'ny ady loatra.. |
4 | Furthermore, many African citizens felt that once again, the narrative of a highly publicized story about Africa centered on a negative story and neglected the upwards trends the continent has been witnessing. | Ankoatra izay dia maro ny Afrikana no mahatsapa fa naely fatratra amin'ny alalan'ny fomba fijery lafy ratsiny kokoa ny tantara ka nohamaivanina ny lafy tsara hita ao amin'ny kaontinanta. |
5 | As a counter measure, many people started posting stories on Twitter about “what they love about Africa” with the hash tag #WhatILoveAboutAfrica. | Ka ho fepetra fampifandanjana ny mizana voatsindry ila, dia maro no namoaka tantara tao amin'ny Twitter miresaka ny “zavatra tiana momba an'i Afrika” amin'ny alalan'ny tenifototra #WhatILoveAboutAfrica. |
6 | what I love About Africa trending worlwide by Semhar Araia - @Semhar | Fironana manerantany izay tiako momba an i Afrika hoy i Semhar Araia - @Semhar |
7 | The initiative, spearheaded by Semhar Araia, a blogger at the Diaspora African Women Network (DAWNS), started to trend worldwide on Twitter on March 13, 2012. | Ny fandraisana an-tanana, notarihan'i Semhar Araia, bilaogera ao amin'ny Diaspora African Women Network (DAWNS), [Tambajotran'ny Vehivavy Afrikana Ampielezana] no nahatonga ny fironana voalohany manerantany ao amin'ny Twitter tamin'ny 13 marsa 2012.. |
8 | The other side of the story | Ny ambadiky ny tantara |
9 | While no one argues with the merit of exposing the despicable crimes perpetuated by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, the following citizen media commentaries explain why this debate is more than just a “meme war” but a struggle to reclaim the international perception and narrative about an entire continent. | Raha tsy misy ny manohitra ny tokony ampiharihariana ny heloka vitan'ny Tafi-panoheran'ny Tompo tarihan'i Kony, ny fanehoan-kevitra nataon'ny olo-tsotra mpampita vaovao kosa manazava fa tsy vitan'ny hoe “adin'ny meme” ihany ity resaka ity fa tolona hanefena (indray) ny fomba fijery sy fomba fitantarana izay misy ao amin'ny kaontinanta iray manontolo. |
10 | When a group of North Ugandans, the main victims of Kony's crimes, were showed the Invisible Children's video in a public screening, they were not particularly pleased with the content of the video as is seen in an Al Jazeera English video below. | Rehefa naseho ho hitan'ny rehetra ny lahatsarin'ny Invisible Children, dia tsy faly loatra tamin'ny votoatiny araka ny hita ao amin'ny lahatsarin'ny Al Jazeera English ny Ongandey Tavaratra. |
11 | “If people in those countries care about us, they will not wear t-shirts with pictures of Joseph Kony for any reason,” says one man interviewed. | “Raha miahy anay ireo avy any amin'ny firenenkafa ireo, dia tsy hitondra velively na amin'ny fomba inona na amin'ny fomba inona ny t-shirts misy ny sarin'i Joseph Kony,” hoy ny lehilahy iray nitafatafàna. |
12 | “That would celebrate our suffering.” | “Lasa mifaly amin'ny fahorianay izany.” |
13 | A Ugandan man at another screening says, “There is some kind of people, some NGO, who are trying to mobilize funds using the atrocities committed in Northern Uganda.” | Lehilahy Ongandey hafa indray niteny toy izay rehefa nijery koa tany amin'ny toeran-kafa, “Misy ny olona sasany, ny ONG sasany, no mitady hanangom-bola amin'ny alalan'ny fampijaliana nitranga tany Ogandà avaratra.” |
14 | The campaign to show the positive sides of Africa has garnered quite a bit of clout as well in the social media scene. | Nirongaronga ihany koa ny fanentanana hampiseho ny lafy tsaran'i Afrika eo amin'ny sehatry ny fampitam-baovao sosialy. |
15 | American student and Afrophile Karen Kilberg collected a few of her favorite posts about the meme, and also quotes African blogger Tatenda Muranda on Twitter as to why she wrote the post: | Nifantina ny hafatra vitsivitsy tamin'ireo nolalainy manokana momba ny “meme” ny Amerikana mpianatra sady mpankafy an'i Afrika Karen Kilberg, ary nanatsonga ny bilaogera Afrikana Tatenda Muranda tao amin'ny Twitter araka izay antony nahatonga azy hanoratra ny hafatra : |
16 | @IamQueenNzinga: It's about time we ushered in the era of afro-optimism through words and action | Tonga ny fotoana ampidirana ny vanim-potoanan'ny fijery tsara an'i Afrika eo amin'ny teny sy eo amin'ny asa |
17 | Kenyan journalist Paula Rogo curated on Storify of the “best and the worst” of the “WhatIloveAboutAfrica” conversation. Here are a few posts from her selection: | Ny mpanao gazety kenyana Paula Rogo indray nanangona tao amin'ny Storify ny “tsara sy ny ratsy indrindra” tamin'ny adihevitra manodidina ny “WhatIloveAboutAfrica”: |
18 | @mwanabibi: #WhatILoveAboutAfrica The youth! | Ny fahatanorana ! |
19 | Hopeful, optimistic and innovative | Feno fanantenana, optimista ary tia manavao |
20 | @Sarenka222: #WhatILoveAboutAfrica resilient, perceptive, courageous, independent press, even in the face of intimidation (cc: @dailymonitor :) | Ny gazety tsy miankina mahajoro, mandinika, be herimpo na dia miatrika fandrahonana aza |
21 | @RiseAfrica: RT @texasinafrica: Innovations like mobile money, crowdsourced crisis mapping. #WhatILoveAboutAfrica | Fanavaozana tahaka ny vola am-pinday (MVola, Orange Money…), ny sarintanin'ny krizy ifarimbonana. |
22 | Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa in October 2008, from the Maneno Flickr photostream | Map of Africa tagged by participants of Barcamp Africa in October 2008, from the Maneno Flickr photostream |
23 | The old struggle for the African narrative | Ny tolona hatry ny fahagola ho amin'ny fomba fitantara Afrikana |
24 | Reclaiming the narrative about the African Continent through social media is not a new endeavor. | Tsy zava-baovao eo amin'ny tontolon'ny fifampitam-baovaon'olo-tsotra ny mitaky ny fomba fitantara (hafa) momba ny kaontinanta Afrikana. |
25 | In 2007, a similar campaign brewed throughout the African social media when several prominent bloggers invited fellow bloggers to weigh in on “Why I blog about Africa”. | Efa nisy fanentanana toy izao tamin'ny 2007 nampihetsiketsika fatratra ny fifampitam-baovaon'olo-tsotra Afrikana rehefa nanasa ny bilaogera namany avy ireo bilaogera malaza hiresaka momba ny “Why I blog about Africa” (Nahoana aho no mibilaogy momba an'i Afrika). |
26 | Ivorian blogger Théophile Kouamouo asked in 2008 [fr]: | Ilay bilaogera Ivoariana Théophile Kouamouo nanontany tamin'ny 2008 [fr]: |
27 | Do we blog for the diaspora and for the world at large, cut off from our contemporaries on the continent? | Mibilaogy ho an'ny ampielezana sy ity tontolo midadasika ity ve isika, tafasaraka amin'ireo miara-miaina amintsika ao amin'ny kaontinanta? |
28 | Is blogging about Africa done in the same way as blogging about Europe or Asia? | Mibilaogy ho an'i Afrika tahaka ny fibilaogy an'i Eoropa sy Azia ve isika? |
29 | Does the African-oriented blogosphere have something specific to offer to the world version 2.0? | Manana zavatra manokana atolotra ho an'ny tontolo kinova 2.0 ve ny tontolom-bilaogy miompana amin'i Afrika? |
30 | The meme was remarkable in that it not only managed to spurt plenty of reactions in the West African region but also spread across the continent to the African Anglophone blogosphere. | Niavaka indrindra ny meme tsy noho ny fipongapongatry ny fihetseham-po tany amin'ny faritra andrefan'i Afrika ihany fa noho ny fielezany hatrany amin'ny tontolom-bolongana Afrikana mpiteny anglisy. |
31 | As a commentary to the meme back then, Rombo of “What an African Woman Thinks” provided an inspiring response to What she loves about Africa: | Ny fanehoan-kevitra nataon'i Rombo amin'izany fotoana izany niresahany momba ny “Izay eritreretin'ny vehivavy Afrikana” no nanome ny valinteny mahatonga aingam-panahy amin'izay tiany momba an'i Afrika: |
32 | Africa is under my skin. | Anatin'ny hoditro i Afrika. |
33 | Africa is the voices in my head. | Afrika no feo anaty lohako. |
34 | Africa is the itch on my back that I can't quite reach. | Afrika no hidihidy an-damosiko tsy mety takatry ny tanako. |
35 | […] She's beautiful and she's strong and she's got so much to give, she inspires me and I love her truly madly deeply. | […] Tsara tarehy, matanjaka ary mananjavatra maro dia maro tian-ko zaraina tokoa, manome aingam-panahy ahy izy ka tiako dia tiako am-pahatsorana tena lalina dia lalina amim-pahadalàna. |
36 | She's battered and bruised and sometimes broken and I love her even more. | Mangana sy torotoro ary tapatapaka fa mbola tiako kokoa. |
37 | She's always on my mind and in my heart. | Ao an-dohako sy ao am-poko matetika izy. |
38 | It's not so much, then, that I choose to blog about Africa. | Tsy noho izany rehetra izany no ifidianako hibilaogy momba an'i Afrika. |
39 | It's that I can't not. | Fa tsy haiko ny tsy hanao izany. |
40 | I really wish the world would see in her all that I see in her. | Iriko tokoa raha araka izay hitako aminy no hitan'izao tontolo izao aminy. |
41 | That's another reason why I blog about Africa: To make this wish come true. | Izay no antony hafa hamahanako bilaogy momba an'i Afrika: Mba hody ventiny ny faniriako |
42 | Sokari of Black Looks added back then: | Nanampy avy eo Sokari avy ao amin'ny Black Looks: |
43 | … she makes me angry and frustrated, lets me down, goes on walkabouts and is influenced by some pretty horrible characters many from distant lands. | …mahatezitra sy mampangidy molotra ahy izy, nandao ahy, ary nilaozany miara-mihosina sy voabaikon'ireo olona tsy dia tsara lavitry ny tanindrazana. |
44 | But I cant help loving her deeply - she is alive, she is real and wise with so many wonderful meaningful stories of humanity and life. | Saingy mbola nitia azy lalina hatrany aho - velona izy, tena misy sy hendry ao amin'ny tantara maro manana ny dikany ho an'ny olombelona sy ny fiainana. |
45 | She is rich in stature and spirit. | Ananany betsaka ny sata sy ny fanahy. |
46 | I love the way she moves, her facial expressions, the taste of her food and the smell and colours of the earth | Tiako ny fomba famindrany, ny fomba filazan'ny tarehiny, ny tsiron-tsakafony, ny fofony ary ny lokon'ny tany |
47 | The struggle for the narrative is an old story indeed. | Efa tantara ela izany tolona ho amin'ny fomba fitantarana izany. |
48 | Binyavanga Wainaina wrote a famous essay about “How to write about Africa” in 2005. | Binyavanga Wainaina efa nanoratra andrana momba ny “Fomba fanoratra momba an'i Afrika” tamin'ny 2005. |
49 | This essay was turned into a video called “How Not to Write About Africa” narrated by actor Djimon Hounsou: | Nivadika ho lahatsary io andrana io ka nantsoina hoe “Fomba tsy fanoratra momba an'i Afrika” izay ny mpisehatra Djimon Hounsou no mamaky ny soratra: |
50 | In view of the long, drown out struggle to portray the positive side of the continent, one might wonder why it is such a challenge to change the global perspective of the continent and why it matters so much to many people. | Ao anatin'ny tolona lava handokoana ny kaontinanta amin'ny lafiny tsara, mety hisy ny hieritreritra noe nahoana no dia fanamby goavana ny manova ny fomba fijery momba ny kaontinanta ary nahoana no maro tokoa ny olona liana ho amin'izany. |
51 | An answer to why it is important to highlight the positive side of the continent was offered during the TED Africa conference by Euvin Naidoo, president of the South African Chamber of Commerce. | Valinteny iray amin'ny mahazava-dehibe ny manasongadina ny lafiny tsara eo amin'ny kaontinanta ny valandresaka nataon'i Euvin Naidoo, filohan'ny Antenimieran'ny varotra Afrikana Tatsimo tamin'ny TED Afrika. |
52 | He argues that trust is an important component for investments in Africa, and that a better understanding of all the nuances of the continent is required. | Nandresy lahatra izy fa singa lehibe ilaina amin'ny fampiasam-bola eto Afrika ny fitokisana, ary ilaina hahazoana tsara ny zavamisy ny lafiny rehetra ao amin'ny kaontinanta. |
53 | He states: | Hoy izy : |
54 | George Kimble said, ‘The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.' | Niteny i George Kimble ‘Ny hany matroka ao Afrika dia tsy tsy fahalalantsika azy.' |
55 | So let's start shedding light on this amazing eclectic continent that has so much to offer [..] | Andao hanazava ity kaontinanta mahavariana manana zavatra maro atolotra ity [..] |
56 | The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. | Ny angano voalohany tsy maintsy ailika dia tsy firenena iray i Afrika, firenena 53 no mandrafitra azy. |
57 | So to say ‘invest in Africa' is a no-go. | Ka ny filazana hoe ‘hampiasa vola any Afrika' dia tsy mandeha ilalana. |
58 | It's meaningless. | Tsy misy dikany |