This brilliant satire of international development by “@omarsMDGs” deserves to be more widely read. It’s funny, incisive and uncomfortable - which means that it hits at the truth. Worth at least 5 Escobars https://t.co/zdfCGQdQ7M
"a vivid portrait of the complex #mzungu ecosystem - unpaid interns, voluntourists, consultants, academics, new-age nomads, journalists, influencers. Their professional hypermobility is a ‘ritual used to keep a system of power in place… ’. via @RoutedM
https://t.co/OFA5LX2iim
As there is only one episode remaining in this Chapter of MDGcomics, spending this week thanking all those who inspired this project. Here is a long unordered thread on all the graphic novels that influenced the writing of MDGcomics:
"The irony.. when hypermobile consultants are hired to work on progs to deter the migration of others, reinforcing border control agencies or upskilling local workers just enough so that their training will not allow them to apply for jobs abroad." @RoutedM on #MDGcomics
Grateful for such an attentive reading by @rdehli_m in this wonderful review of #MDGcomics for Routed Magazine @RoutedM.
https://t.co/bewhuVCsrd
Do write to us if you would like to review or feature #MDGcomics on your platform at [email protected].
Grateful for such an attentive reading by @rdehli_m in this wonderful review of #MDGcomics for Routed Magazine @RoutedM.
https://t.co/bewhuVCsrd
Do write to us if you would like to review or feature #MDGcomics on your platform at [email protected].
To all those of you who have been following mdgcomics for the last 3 years...Thank You!
Send us your love, brickbats and anecdotes (for part 3) to [email protected].
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As Omar's grandpa reminded him, "A good PhD thesis is a finished PhD thesis, a perfect PhD thesis does not exist." This was true, especially under the fragile conditions of lockdown. And so, Omar decided to wrap it up.
Are you ready for the last episode?
Reading advice from Omar: The Street Sweep, by @meronhadero, recent winner of the AKO Caine Prize and set in the Sheraton of Addis: https://t.co/017zDzHAAi
Omar knows a thing or two about security screening at Sheraton! "Double Standards", in Chapter 1: https://t.co/KJAdKnvuxV
Reading advice from Omar: The Street Sweep, by @meronhadero, recent winner of the AKO Caine Prize and set in the Sheraton of Addis: https://t.co/017zDzHAAi
Omar knows a thing or two about security screening at Sheraton! "Double Standards", in Chapter 1: https://t.co/KJAdKnvuxV
The pandemic continues and Omar experiences his first PCR test, Naga’s long distance relationship takes a drastic turn as does Greta’s career. These stressers manifest in their dreams. Somewhere in Europe... an African child scoffs at a conference banner.
https://t.co/4csgW0VeFk