I began marking some material today relating to African cinema when it suddenly occurred to me that if asked to place Nigeria on an outline map of the continent I would struggle. How can I have got to my age without a general working picture of that part of the world?
And how can I possibly criticise teenagers for the occasional glaring gaps in their mental pictures of the world and its storied history?
Sometimes it's salutary to turn one's gift for sarcasm on oneself. Even when it hurts.
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