![]() ![]() They want to portray the war, the poverty, the disease, the corruption. They always tend to portray Africa as a horrendous basket case. If there is a criticism I would level against celebrities-they have tended to perpetuate negative stereotypes. "The problem that Africa is really suffering from," she told me, "is negative PR. The book takes special aim at the rock star Bono, who has become the world's most prominent spokesperson for the people of Africa. Moyo believes this dependency relationship is perpetuated by Western governments and glorified by the celebrities who have made Africa their cause du jour. She recommends shutting off all foreign aid to African within 10 years. ![]() Aid, Moyo argues, keeps Africa in a supplicant's role when its governments need to become self-sufficient. "Dead Aid"-a tiny volume, forcefully written-insists that foreign aid (a trillion dollars over the past 60 years) is a waste: it's bad for Africa, she says-and for Africans. ![]() ![]() What attracts them is her provocative argument. She is scheduled to appear on "Charlie Rose." These titans of the media establishment are not pursuing Moyo for her beauty or her résumé (though these don't hurt). The beautiful Zambian economist, formerly of Goldman Sachs and educated at Harvard and Oxford, arrives in New York this week to launch her new book, "Dead Aid." The billionaire publisher Steve Forbes is throwing her a party at the Four Seasons. ![]()
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