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Ben Malawian musician

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Jolanda Malawian preschool teacher

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Alphonce head of the Tanzanian NGO INADES

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Helicopter landing and view on Nairobi on the Kennyata Conference Center

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View out of the Haidery Plaza in Dar Es Salam

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Haidery Plaza Dar Es Salam

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Floormate

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Silvester Malawian civil servant for the Blantyre city counsel

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Dr. Emmanuel, director of health for the city of Blantyre

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Grace Malawian radiojournalist for MIJ

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Entrance to the Blantyre Sportscomplex

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Lawstudent posing for a photograph by his fellow students at Victoria lake in Mwanza

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Advertisment for dry cleaning in Blantyre

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Mdm Gowi is a teacher and wife to a pastor

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Natacha is a Belgium educated manager who is back working in Kigali

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Chimenya is a Malawian Lawyer

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Coffeebreak discussion at a fairtrade conference in Malawi

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Olivia waiting for the other guest at an official dinner

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Late night shopping in Kigali

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The representation of Africa in western media evolves around the same imagery of poverty, deseases, hunger and death. It is a constant repetition of the same stereotypes.
However the continent is in a constant change and just at the brink of liberating itself. In an economical sense Africa has the highest growth rates in the world. Analyst talk of Asian tigers and African lions.
How is that possible?  There must be people who run the countries and create a stable environment for investors - local and global. In fact there is an African middle class which is vibrant, growing and giving that stability. They are highly educated abroad as well as within the continent. They have good jobs and have to answer the same questions of life as the western counterparts.  

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