does anybody know the meaning of this acronyme. i am sure for those that has seen blood diamond should know this. after watching the movie with all my multi national friends last night i was super inspired to write a story about it. t.i.a. this is africa. i always get laughed at here when i speak about africa and the things happening down there. but i am as proud an african as they get. the best continent by far. the beauty and diversity makes it a truely unique place. if you have never been there you should make a plan. whether you go north south east or west it does not matter. you have to go and see for yourself. the friendly people. the way they smile at europeans. the landscape and mystery that comes with every mountian. every river. every flat plain. and off course the diversity of it all. people from every race. culture. and creed. unique. but i have a very different mindset. liberal and free i guess. free for white man minority polictics and apartheid religions. a lot of people complain and moan about africa. you will find that they are mostly white africans trapped in a western mindset but stuck on a cultural driven and different continent. stuck. why. because they should probably never have been there in the first place. thus. i see myself priviledged to share in the beuaty of this land. i am merely a pilgrim passing by on a land that does not belong to me. but then you watch movies and read stories of how african people have been exploited for centuries. it leaves me feeling empty and sad. name the movies. tears of the sun. lord of war. hotel rwanda. they are all a western world opinion of a situation that in actual fact is far worse. i have had the priviledge to see two of the most buchtered countries of my continent. angola and mosambique. you simply can not visit these countries and not have your opinion changed or shaped. that was the situation in my case. i guess that is why i have such a strong opinion and connection with africa. even though i am a white african. the connection is strong. it is real. as my good friend df always says. africa is a tough country.
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