Oprah Winfrey at the opening of her Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa.
News Headlines: Aug. 24, 2007
The Christian Science Monitor: Celebrities in Africa: Does the Help Exceed the Hype? — "The world's poorest, sickest, most war-ravaged continent is now the charity of choice for many of the West's best-known political, pop, and Hollywood stars. But, despite the aid, the number of poor people in Africa has almost doubled in the past decade, and skeptics wonder whether some stars are most interested in boosting their own profile in the eyes of a public that expects a moral dimension to its heroes." [Multimedia Special]
Which celebrities do you think are sincerely devoted to bringing change to the continent, and which are in it for the attention?
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