Africa is rising, we hear again and again amid reports of growing GDP and a burgeoning middle class. But don't worry if all those numbers and statistics and economic mumbo-jumbo tires your little brain, numbed and flaccid after years of dumbed-down entertainment, because finally we have some actual, conclusive proof.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen of the reality TV generation, here is the Africa Rising narrative in language you can actually understand: Kim Kardashian, the biggest celebrity nonentity since Paris Hilton, was in Nigeria, and there are pictures to prove it.This immediately tells us two things. First, someone in Nigeria can afford her, which means there must be real money floating around (maybe, just maybe, that former Finance Minister who keeps emailing you about his safety deposit box was onto something). Because special K is no sucker, and she doesn't come cheap: a 45 minute appearance and brief speech (oh so brief: "Hey, Naija" was all Kim managed in Lagos) is going to set you back a cool $500,000.
