A quick review of what we did on Wednesday this week!
We had a critical look at the lyrics of the song It's Christmas Time and discussed why they caused some controversy when the song was first released in 1984 to raise money for Ethiopia which had suffered a famine
Controversy again this year when the slightly adapted version was recorded - (this time the cause was Ebola). Here's the video which we didn't look at in class, unlike me, you'll probably recognise more of the singers in this one than the last one!
We also briefly discussed this text in class: How to write about Africa, who it was written for, who it was written by and the extent to which the lyrics from It's Christmas Time fall into the stereotypes of Africa that Binyavanga Wainaina evokes.
It would be good if you could add your opinions on the video in a comment to this post.
We had a critical look at the lyrics of the song It's Christmas Time and discussed why they caused some controversy when the song was first released in 1984 to raise money for Ethiopia which had suffered a famine
Controversy again this year when the slightly adapted version was recorded - (this time the cause was Ebola). Here's the video which we didn't look at in class, unlike me, you'll probably recognise more of the singers in this one than the last one!
And here are some critiques of the various versions of the song - first of all "Condescension sells well but doesn't end famine" and another one, "clumsy, patronising and wrong in so many ways", and finally, here's a young woman's video reaction to the video.
We also briefly discussed this text in class: How to write about Africa, who it was written for, who it was written by and the extent to which the lyrics from It's Christmas Time fall into the stereotypes of Africa that Binyavanga Wainaina evokes.
It would be good if you could add your opinions on the video in a comment to this post.
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