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<DIV>Hier kommt im Zusammenhang mit unserer Debatte über "Kommerz und
Medienhilfe" der Hinweis auf eine aktuelle Dokumentationsserie von "AL JAZEERA"
(englischsprachiger Dienst), die nach meiner Meinung verdeutlicht, wohin die
Reise gehen kann, wenn Idee, Struktur und Format der Welt von "Corporate
Business" entlehnt wird.</DIV>
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<DIV>In vier Episoden, die im Fernsehen und im Internet zu verfolgen sind,
werden in einer Art "Reality-TV-Format" 5 von insgesamt 23 jungen afrikanischen
Persönlichkeiten dabei begleitet, an wechselnden exklusiven Örtlichkeiten des
"Corporate Business" darauf gedrillt zu werden, eventuell einmal moralische
Führer Afrikas zu sein.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nicht Donald Trump oder Reiner Calmund sind Rollenmodelle dieser
Moral-Lehrlinge, sondern: DESMOND TUTU:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/tutuschildren/2012/10/201210151280403481.html">www.aljazeera.com/programmes/tutuschildren/2012/10/201210151280403481.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Desmond Tutu leads an experiment to build a network of inspirational
leaders to tackle Africa's most stubborn problems...</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>With exclusive access, this series follows Tutu's 23 person-strong
class of 2012, focusing in particular detail on the lives of five very different
participants, as together they are coached to become a 'moral task force' for
Africa. ...</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>"Tutu's Children" offers a rare chance to witness a turning point in
the lives of those who may one day change the course of Africa's
history.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>WOWWWH!</DIV>
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<DIV>Nach Besichtigung einer Folge gestern abend bei "AL JAZEERA" suchte ich im
Internet nach kritischen Reaktionen aus Afrika. Es ist nicht viel zu finden,
weil das Web voll gepflastert scheint mit Bio-Pics der teilnehmenden
afrikanischen Elite-Vertreter. Auf eine kritische Stimme, mit einem allerdings
wenig afrikanisch klingenden Namen, sei hier verwiesen:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://africasacountry.com/2013/01/22/al-jazeera-joins-the-africa-rising-bandwagon/">http://africasacountry.com/2013/01/22/al-jazeera-joins-the-africa-rising-bandwagon/</A><BR> <BR><EM>Al
Jazeera Joins The ‘Africa Rising’ Bandwagon<BR>JANUARY 22, 2013 BY STEFFAN
HOROWITZ <BR> <BR>We recently posted a bit on Forbes Magazine’s list of the
40 richest Africans. In a similar vain, Al Jazeera has chosen to glorify
Africa’s privileged few and feed into Western media outlets’ current obsession
with the “Africa Rising” narrative by releasing their four-part series, “Tutu’s
Children.” With the first two episodes up on the website, I’m still not entirely
sure what the point of it all is supposed to be.<BR>The series follows
twenty-five successful business people (and a Kenyan TV presenter thrown in for
good measure) from across the continent who have been chosen as ‘Tutu Fellows’
by the South African non-profit organization, African Leadership Institute
(whose founders, Sean Lance and Peter Wilson, are themselves retired white South
African oil and pharmaceutical executives). All twenty-five individuals are
flown down to South Africa, where they participate in group activities and
workshops, as well attend lectures from icons and experts alike (including
Desmond Tutu, himself). The producers of the series would like us to believe
that these twenty-five corporate darlings are ‘Africa’s leaders of tomorrow.’
Yet, the whole thing plays out like a cross between a poorly conceived and
edited reality television show (not as bad as this, but close) and an
extravagant corporate retreat. The take away of the series would appear to be
that business entrepreneurship and corporate capitalism will be Africa’s saving
grace. ...</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>The entire group, with the exception of a Tunisian participant who had
been involved in the Arab Spring, quickly comes to the consensus that Africans
are not yet ready for democracy; implying at times that the so-called ‘masses’
are not intelligent enough, or too easily bought for democracy to work. They
instead consider a “benevolent” dictatorship, like that of Paul Kagame in
Rwanda, to be a better alternative. The Zimbabwean sounds like he was making
excuses for Mugabe, and so on. ...</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>How deeply unsettling it is to see that these folks, who are supposed
to be the new generation of African leaders, have such little faith in the
people they will ostensibly be leading.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>Klaus Jürgen Schmidt grüsst<BR>mit einer Erkenntnis aus Afrika:</DIV>
<DIV>"Häuptlingslösung"</DIV>
<DIV>vor 23 Jahren notiert und damals schon umstritten:<BR><A
href="http://www.radiobridge.net/der%20weg%20auszug.html">www.radiobridge.net/der%20weg%20auszug.html</A></DIV>
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