Why's Bono "painting Africa as a pathetic place whose wide-eyed, infantile populations need a loudmouth rock star to fight their corner"? And what's "changed in world politics to allow a silly singer to [be] a spokesperson for Africa...at G8"? [Aviva, mut
'Pompous, patronizing, paternalistic, a celebrity colonialist, Bono's got a fetishized obsession w/Africa's ability to give him 'a sense of purpose.' [paraphrases/various]. "Because Africa seems unfinished...a landscape on which a person can sketch a new