
Mzungus in Development and Governments
@omarsmdgs
A webcomic about an anthropologist from Democratic Republic of Straight Lines studying customs of the Mzungus working in development & governments mdgcomics.com
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Reading advice from Omar: The Street Sweep, by Meron Hadero, recent winner of the AKO Caine Prize and set in the Sheraton of Addis: bbc.com/news/world-afr⦠Omar knows a thing or two about security screening at Sheraton! "Double Standards", in Chapter 1: mdgcomics.com/phdcomic/#42



Grateful for such an attentive reading by Magda R. Dehli in this wonderful review of #MDGcomics for Routed Magazine Routed Magazine. routedmagazine.com/mdgs-review-mz⦠Do write to us if you would like to review or feature #MDGcomics on your platform at [email protected].


"a vivid portrait of the complex #mzungu ecosystem - unpaid interns, voluntourists, consultants, academics, new-age nomads, journalists, influencers. Their professional hypermobility is a āritual used to keep a system of power in place⦠ā. via Routed Magazine routedmagazine.com/mdgs-review-mzā¦


"The irony.. when hypermobile consultants are hired to work on progs to deter the migration of others, reinforcing border control agencies or upskilling local workers just enough so that their training will not allow them to apply for jobs abroad." Routed Magazine on #MDGcomics

This brilliant satire of international development by āMzungus in Development and Governmentsā deserves to be more widely read. Itās funny, incisive and uncomfortable - which means that it hits at the truth. Worth at least 5 Escobars mdgcomics.com/phdcomic/