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What the West Gets Wrong about Africa’s Middle Class

Description

The media often focuses on issues like war and famine in Africa, ignoring the middle class. So what is life like for middle class Africans?

What Works Well

This video takes us into the day-to-day of one middle class African family and gives the viewer a sense of both at-home and professional life for the head of the household.

Discipline

  • Humanities & Language
  • Social Sciences

Keywords

africa, careers, cultural awareness, economics, sociology, tanzania

Source

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Level of Guidance

What does this mean?

The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.

For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.

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