Nana AB:
Afrihyia Pa. I like to massage academic buttons so bear with me in rethinking this piece. Well, the London-based Independent's account may not be "neocolonial," as you cast the caveat, but it certainly has all the webs of the Western media's hegemony over it. The Independent did the right thing by identifying the challenges of "ageism and sexism" that the young lady MP is likely to face, which at any rate can be universalized. One problem is that there is an underlying Africanization of decrepit aging male politicians which may be true, but the inconvenient comparative truth is that all over Europe we have aging male politicians dominating politics. Thus the African experience is not an exception. Absolutely, this does not mean that it is a good thing. More importantly, I expect the Independent to herald the election of a 20-year old lady MP as a major Ugandan achievement, indeed a great turning point, on the pathways of Africans' domestication of Western "democratic tradition," and arguably, this has not happened in Europe yet.
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: Africa's youngest MP is 20 and a woman
Brothers and Sisters:
Below is a true story, not just a neo-colonial piece! Please, scroll down and enjoy it.
A.B.
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