TSOAELA LG

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Othering refers to the creation of differences between hierarchal groups, it can be by stigmatization etc. 

I believe that Wainaina's writing (How to write about Africa) was to refute Western writers who thought of Africa as primitive. In his writing he included the words "darkness, safari, gorillas and tribal" as the emphasis of how Western writers were stereotyped and how they stigmatized Africa. 

According to (Body and Ritual among the Nacirema), the word "Nacirema" is the name "American" spelled backwards and it was said that anthropologists did that as a way of criticizing other cultures and so as other countries beliefs. 

Mallence Bart-Williams emphasized both negative and positive stereotypes in her talk. She puts those negative stereotypes about Africa to rest by mentioning the "Riches of Sierra Leone" that is said to be the richest country in the entire world, situated in Africa, the richest continent. She included the resources that are found in Africa and the dependency of Africa's resources to refute those who consider Africa as the poor continent and also the 'Economic growth in Africa'.

Chimamanda mentioned how her roommate in America was shocked that she could use an iron and the stove although she came from Nigeria, in Africa. This gives us, viewers (from Africa) a glimpse of how outdated we are considered in the Western parts of the world.

In conclusion, the creation of othering was based on the generalizations made by the Western writers who haven't been to places that they downgrade, referring them to as primitive and outdated.