<div>The truth about the world's most violent conflict zones isn't black or white, scary or idyllic, corrupt or democratic. Yet our media tries to make it so.
This was the message from two expert, boots-on-the-ground writers about Africa at the Bath Literature Festival. As Ben Rawlence, author of Radio Congo, told The Independent after his talk: "There seems to be a race to the bottom on journalism, which accelerates the worst kind of stereotyping."
James Fergusson, who wrote The World's Most Dangerous Place about Somalia, agreed. He felt that media bias helped to create barriers to understanding. "The texture of grassroots reporting is different
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This was the message from two expert, boots-on-the-ground writers about Africa at the Bath Literature Festival. As Ben Rawlence, author of Radio Congo, told The Independent after his talk: "There seems to be a race to the bottom on journalism, which accelerates the worst kind of stereotyping."
James Fergusson, who wrote The World's Most Dangerous Place about Somalia, agreed. He felt that media bias helped to create barriers to understanding. "The texture of grassroots reporting is different
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