Ofcourse, I don't think anyone has ever said that, or even made that assumption. The usual spiel is that Africa is... (choose your negative tag).
I am not making any political statement here, except to say that I think this interesting and spontaneous picture I took a few weeks ago, whilst waiting to have my shoe fixed from a nearby shomeaker, diproves the fallacy and perception (including my own!) that African children aren't keen to learn!
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Children reading newspapers is always a fantastic sight - being able to discuss what is written in them is the next step
As a kid brought up to take notes during BBC1 news at the age of seven, eight, when "IRA" was like the strangest acronym ever, I can very much empathise with where you're coming from!
However, I do think that any child that is "touched" by the innate desire to read -- or even pretend to read -- will one day go the step further to begin to ask questions.
Perhaps I'm much too hopeful and unrealistic...;-)
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