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s Re-

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sich

die

duf

tigen

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er d

er S

erie

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th

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hs in

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wer

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ann

entd

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man

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rauc

hsar

tikel

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odur

ch si

ch d

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jets

in b

risan

te M

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hern

au

f die

ver

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ln. B

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eine

alle

gori

e auf

eine

m a

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ster

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int a

uch

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e Rap

e of A

frica

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terg

rund

zeig

t sic

h di

e bitt

ere R

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ät:

Der

Kon

tinen

t wird

vom

Wes

ten

ausg

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tet,

vers

inkt

im K

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m d

ie

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ig ru

ht d

ie sc

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r, de

r rei

che

wei

ße M

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schl

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ig u

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ill d

en W

eckr

uf n

icht

hör

en.

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king

wit

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p an

d m

ovie

sta

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as m

ade

Dav

id L

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fam

ous,

an

d hi

s st

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has

left

its

char

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rist

ic m

ark

on c

onte

mpo

rary

pho

to-

grap

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righ

tly

colo

ured

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erfu

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n pr

ovoc

atio

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wor

ks m

ake

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ent

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essi

on o

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serv

ers.

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ind

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hi

ghly

aes

thet

ic s

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ce, i

nspi

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ultu

re, t

he g

reat

mas

ters

of

the

Ren

aiss

ance

and

Bar

oque

, by

cine

ma

and

also

by

porn

ogra

phy,

La

Cha

ppel

le d

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wit

h ho

t to

pics

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ser

ious

art

isti

c in

tent

ion

is o

ften

on

ly re

cogn

isab

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t se

cond

gla

nce.

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frag

rant

pic

ture

s of

the

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wer

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ries

cou

ld ju

st a

s w

ell b

e im

ages

of

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sti

ll lif

e. T

hen

you

disc

over

art

icle

s of

dai

ly u

se a

nd t

he r

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sh o

f civ

ilisa

-ti

on, w

hich

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the

harm

less

suj

ets

into

exp

losi

ve m

etap

hors

of

the

tran

sien

ce o

f ou

r ti

me.

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to

its

intr

ospe

ctiv

enes

s, T

he R

ape

of

Afr

ica

also

see

ms

to b

e an

alle

gory

in a

wor

k by

one

of

the

old

mas

ters

. B

ut t

he b

itte

r re

alit

y ca

n be

foun

d in

the

bac

kgro

und:

The

con

tine

nt is

ex

ploi

ted

by t

he W

est,

the

rich

whi

te m

an s

leep

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pea

ce a

nd re

fuse

s to

he

ar t

he a

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