Out of Africa

If I haven’t shared the Solving Africa blog/website, forgive me. I’ll do so now. 

One Wednesday, there will be an exhibit hosted at the NYU School of Journalism. If you’re in the area, it’s something you should definitely check out. 

The evening will start with a reading, and then attendants are free to wander around looking at photographs and videos of Junior Kanu’s trip across Africa so far.  

You can expect to:

1.watch several fun snippets of my interviews with young people around the continent.
2.see hilarious moments of cross-cultural engagement caught on tape.
3.look at and purchase some of the best photos from the trip.
4.listen to some writing that I’ve completed toward the book.
5.join me in raising the remaining $2082 needed to make it to Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria.

Here are the details:
The Solving Africa Exhibit 
Wednesday, April 8, 6PM – 8PM
20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor
Dept. of Journalism, New York University

Show up at any time, as you are free to come and go as you please. The event coordinators do request that people try and RSVP on Facebook or by email to junior.kanu@gmail.com

Introducting Solving Africa.

Written and organized by journalist Kingsley Kanu Jr. Solving Africa is a project/quest to discover how young people can contribute toward the development of Africa. 
He is a currently on tour of seven African countries— Dakar (Senegal), Accra (Ghana), Lagos (Nigeria), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Tunis (Tunisia), Nairobi (Kenya), and Johannesburg (South Africa). In this interview with Farafina magazine, he explains what Solving Africa is all about: 

This project is a collection of dreams; asking young Africans what they see as wrong or right with the continent and their role in its development. But it’s not a policy book. This is first and foremost a work of creative nonfiction that I hope makes people think about some of these issues. …

The African dream is to leave Africa. There are many people like me. We are often at the tops of our classes and each year, our SAT scores and achievements prove that we can run with the best from any country on earth. We have capable people who do not see Africa as theirs to build as much as something to sidestep. But if it isn’t this generation of an educated, uninformed African middle class, who else is going to care? Who else has the resources – social, political and economic – to care?

For those of us in the Diaspora, let’s keep up with his findings and see how we can contribute as well!