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Take Your Time With: Bad Writing About Africa, and Brazil’s (Literally) Killer TV

My weekly recs for things to do beyond the news cycle…

Read:How to Write about Africa, a satirical masterpiece by the pathbreaking Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina who died last week at age 48. "An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress."

Watch:Killer Ratings, about the Brazilian TV personality and politician Wallace Souza, who gained huge popular support with a show about fighting crimes. The only problem: He was behind those crimes. At a time when reality TV and politics are already melding to terrifying effect, you need to see this.

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The Iran war has had a ripple effect on the global economy and international relations way beyond the Middle East. Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute joins Ian Bremmer to discuss how the conflict is redrawing power for the US, Russia, China, and America's allies.

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