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Out of Africa, the tool of the times.

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A cynical take on the power of the net?  You bet a bit of wit  and  a mash up with Mr Wilder  as W. Wonka giving it that cynical tone, it wins. Of course it wins only by being clever not by being engaging. Who ever started this new campaign against this guy Has at least brought Africa to the attention, however short, of a young world wide audience. But this guy is small potatoes compared to the white sex slave traders in Eastern Europe or the child slaves taken through out Africa on a daily basis forced to work with no pay and the only way of saving the kid is to buy him or her back. Stopping there, just getting them out of the clutches of a fisherman or a Nut Job like Kony is rarely enough.  Particularly with child soldiers there is the profound  psychological damage to be dealt with but as important is  the need to take the  vulnerable  and give them some rudimentary skills that might keep them from having to accept th...