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Introduction to the Water Paradox in Africa

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     Hello and welcome to my blog! This blog will explore the water paradox in Africa through study cases of different countries, in relation to the constant environmental change we witness around us. Before I present you with different study cases showing extremes of the water paradox, we will explore the concepts and their impacts in Africa.     Water in Africa   When hearing about water in Africa, there is a consistent pre-conceived idea of this subject, which Is part of a greater idea of what Africa is. This is accurately highlighted in Binyavanga Wainaina's sarcastic work ‘ How to Write about Africa ,’ where the reader can easily recognize the author’s stereotypical words used of a generalised Africa associated with, poverty, tropical, against sustainable development and more importantly, ‘ hot and dusty with rolling grasslands and huge herds of animals and tall, thin people who are starving .’ Now, the first key point to understand water in Africa is to dismantle the idea o