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Binyavanga Wainaina — The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective

On Being with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
Episode • Aug 27, 2009 • 52m

Binyavanga Wainaina — The Ethics of Aid: One Kenyan's Perspective

We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality and efficacy behind many Western initiatives to abolish poverty and speed development in Africa.