MARKET IS EVERYTHING: AFRICAN BIG BUM EDITION
I learned from the that Ivorian women have taken it upon themselves, to be both cosmetic surgeons and pharmacists, just so that they can do the . I am sure the Ivorien men are not complaining, but I wonder what African women think about the objectification of women. As women living in Nigeria, or Ivory Coast do you feel the increased pressure. Does increased globalisation work for or against the African woman?One man on the streets of Abidjan agreed: "Us boys, we appreciate these things because when women use the treatment it attracts us, but for women it's not good."
What do you think? Until recently even when a lady had her mind set on taking HGH or other body enhancing medicines she simply did not possess the economic wherewith all to acquire these commodities. Thanks to a flattening world, prices and transaction costs have fallen so much that we can now do as the westerners do. Please tell me I am making this all up.
In the past, I have warded off questions about my lack of enthusiasm about celebrities by simply saying, "I grew up in Africa, I have enough to fill the emptiness". However this report has chipped ever so slightly at that belief system. I just realized that the personality fort which I have built up for just being African will be eroded in the near future.
Is the core African belief system a lost cause? Should we just dance to the tunes played by the global economy? Is it worth fighting for that old time sanity at all? Maybe we should throw our hands in the air and simply create our own J-Lo to fawn over?
I'd leave you with a quote from the BBC article; do the bobaraba because I already have a big bum - Dancer.
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