When I started exploring the two very different portrayals of Haiti, Vox’s “Divided Island: How Haiti and the DR Became Two Worlds” and Passport Heavy’s “Haiti: A Side the Media Won’t Show You”, I didn’t just see two documentaries. I saw two worlds trying to tell the same story through completely different lenses. The Passport Heavy video stood out to me because of the table talk scene. It reminded me of some conversations I had with friends last summer, especially when the g

Whenever I think about stories that shape how people see Africa, I’m reminded of Chimamanda Adichie’s talk “The Danger of a Single Story.” She warns us about the risk of seeing people, or entire nations, through just one lens. Too often, Africa is portrayed as a continent defined by struggle, not by strength. Komla Dumor’s “Telling the African Story” takes that same message further. He believed that Africans must be the ones to tell their own stories, through our own voices,