Humanitarian Fictions Yakov Pesin Pierce highlights how gestures

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Humanitarian Fictions Yakov Pesin Pierce highlights how gesturesHumanitarianism has a narrative problem. Far too often, aid to Africa is envisioned through a tale of Western heroes saving African sufferers. While labeling white savior narratives has become a familiar gesture, it doesn't tell us much about the story as story. Humanitarian Fictions aims to understand the workings of humanitarian literature, as they engage with and critique narratives of Africa. Overlapping with but distinct from human rights,