Stop Trying To 'Save' Africa

It amazes me how these articles written by Africans keep popping up. Will the West listen? This is by Uzodinma Iweala in the Washington Post:

There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the
help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in
the spirit of affirming one's cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every
time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters
before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list
the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a
well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so
grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film
about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head -- because
Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West's fantasy
of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West's prominent
role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also
ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those
problems.

Reminds me of the old Jungle pictures Hollywood produced during its Golden Era. The Africans were rarely portrayed as real people, just backgrounds to dress up Tinsel Town's latest pet project. Seems the natives are now saying "Enough"!