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"Poverty Porn" Parody

July 22, 2015

This parody video calls on Africans to save frostbitten Norwegians... by donating radiators. Made by The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund, it highlights how exploitative "poverty porn" can be. As the Africa for Norway website asks, "What if every person in Africa saw this video, and it was the only information they ever got about Norway, what would they think?" 

LEARN MORE AT AFRICA FOR NORWAY

In Global Poverty Tags porn, music, norway, Arts and Culture, Global Poverty, Africa
← NORWAY: North of the SunAFGHANISTAN: The Mine Kafon →

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