What Cardi B’s Lagos and Accra visits say about travel and media representations of Africa

The reaction to Jidenna’s tweet is typical of the collective eyeroll many young Africans online give to misrepresentations in the media on everything from gratuitous imagery of poor people to inaccurate international media coverage on their countries’ politics. Although Jidenna’s comments were not at all at par with the inanity of Atlanta rap group Migos’ “third world” comments on a radio show after their 2017 performance in Lagos, it also perhaps shows what made Cardi B and her recent trip to Lagos and Accra so refreshing.