If it hard for many people in the West to believe that my country Ethiopia is the original home of teff, or for that matter coffee, you should blame Western media, which you are part of, for their ignorance, for deliberately misleading them with incomplete story.
Tarnishing the image of the Socialist government, not telling the truth, was what the Western media were primarily interested in, during the cold war era.
BBC
In the early 1980s, images of starving children in drought-stricken landscapes were beamed into lounge rooms around the world as aid organisations made appeals to help the millions of Ethiopians impacted by famine. So powerful were the pictures that many people would still find it hard to believe the country is home to what is widely touted in the Western world as the next superfood.
Tarnishing the image of the Socialist government, not telling the truth, was what the Western media were primarily interested in, during the cold war era.
BBC
In the early 1980s, images of starving children in drought-stricken landscapes were beamed into lounge rooms around the world as aid organisations made appeals to help the millions of Ethiopians impacted by famine. So powerful were the pictures that many people would still find it hard to believe the country is home to what is widely touted in the Western world as the next superfood.
No comments:
Post a Comment