1 - Introduction to my blog
Hi everyone, welcome to my blog! I hope you will find it engaging. Before I go into the details of it, I must be truthful with you. I have never been to any country in Africa, and I do not know much about this continent. However, that does not make me incompetent in the study of Water and Development in Africa. In fact, this ignorance is what drove me to pick this module. Perhaps it is the tale mentioned by Wainaina ( Wainaina 2006 ) of a romantic continent, with its majestic sunsets and inaccessible wilderness, that made me curious. It could also be the omnipresent performative allyship ( Phillips 2020 ) on social media. Or maybe it is because Africa (as if it was one country) is portrayed as needing help ( Wainaina 2006 ). For all those wrong reasons, a part of me profoundly wishes to increase my understanding and knowledge about the multiple and complex issues surrounding water in Africa. Throughout this blog, I will also attempt to break some of the preconceived ideas t