Tuesday 27 April 2010

Afghanis-tan

Afghanis-tan illustrates the modern history of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, starting from the imperialist era in the 19th century, through moe anthropomorphism. The title character, a short and clumsy girl, is a national personification of Afghanistan. Other female characters personify the nearby nations of Central Asia, such as Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Nations that have fought wars in Afghanistan at various times, such as Britain, the USSR and the United States also make appearances. The Taliban government and Al-Qaeda terrorist group are also represented in the comic.


Actually didn't know that about the name Pakistan and where it came from.
Again with Hetalia, people have said how educational the comic has been. I supposed this makes more sense than the evens of WW2 (which is something that all high-school kids are taught) We're less likely to know about these country's.

Again though, there's that criticism of personifying the countries and certain events. In particular, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were depicted as "an incident where a cat called Al-Qaeda bit America".
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Wow... Just...I have no words to describe that.

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