The cover art work by Ms. Thandeka N. Moyo illustrates the reality of humanitarian aid in Africa. Aid comes from Western donor institutions mainly in the form of money shown in $s and the green box for the greenback. The white hands from the west give aid which is received by agents in the form of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs). The faceless man in a suit represents the African agents who are the main beneficiaries of humanitarian aid. They are faceless and with ropes that trap the money before it reaches the ideal intended beneficiaries. The agents have jobs and consume the bulk of the aid with crumbs reaching the intended beneficiaries illustrated by the many black African hands receiving the 'money'. The aid comes with strings attached shown by the red string. The recipients lose their agency as they have to use the money according to the will of the donors. Africa has remained darkest, despite the aid, as it direct funding towards sustainable development projects in Africa because the intermediary agents, and the strings attached, to the aid. Hence the black Africa in the art work, remains underdeveloped. The artwork suggests that the current modus operandi in respect of donor aid to Arica, around humanitarian aid, cannot develop Africa and Africans, because it is not by, for, with and in support of Africans and their own African initiatives and African agency. Artwork by Thandeka N. Moyo
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