The Uncertain Business of Doing Good: Outsiders in Africa

by Krotz, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780870138522
• ISBN10: 0870138529
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

From Doctor Livingstone 150 years ago to the rock star Bono today, outsiders have championed foreign intervention in Africa through political, economic, and health care reforms. Though frequently exploitative, the relationship between Westerners and Africa is also often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to 'do good.' But underlying good intentions there often is a hierarchical belief that we, as outsiders, somehow know what is best for Africa.

Author Biography

Larry Krotz is an award-winning writer, a filmmaker, and the author of five books, including Midlifeman: A Book for Guys and the Women Who Want to Understand Them and Tourists: How Our Fastest Growing Industry is Changing the World. Over the past twenty-five years he has traveled to a number of African countries, where he produced the documentary film Searching for Hawa's Secret and wrote extensively for magazines and newspapers on scientific research and foreign aid projects. He lives in Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction: Outsiders in Africa	p. 3
Angola 1992
Luanda	p. 15
Huambo	p. 27
Reportage	p. 43
Other People's Countries	p. 51
Nairobi, Kenya 1997
Looking for a Prostitute	p. 59
Hawa	p. 73
Searching for Hawa's Secret	p. 87
How Do You Define Progress?	p. 97
Arusha, Tanzania 2002
Pastor Ntakirutimana	p. 109
Missionaries for Justice	p. 121
The Geneva of Africa	p. 135
Verdicts on Rwanda	p. 151
Who Goes to Africa?	p. 163
Kisumu, Kenya 2004
The Nyanza Club	p. 171
Circumcising Africa	p. 183
Scientific Life	p. 193
The Uncertain Business of Doing Good	p. 199
Leaving Africa	p. 209
Notes	p. 215
Selected Bibliography	p. 219
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