Stereotyp, formal verwandt mit work 'n' travel, WWOOOF, Au-pair, aus kamerunischer Sicht „poulets bio“. Weiße Helfer oder weiße Retter aus Industrienationen, die nach Afrika reisen um dort zu helfen, entweder auf eigene Faust als Arbeitsnomade oder als Freiwillige in Projekten (»Voluntourism«), siehe auch environmental saviors. Das setzt einen starken Antrieb voraus, der gleichwohl fragwürdige Ergebnisse zeitigen kann, denn

• Welches Afrikabild liegt diesem Engagement zugrunde?
• Ist das, was man tun will, auch das, was gebraucht wird?
• Sind die Helfer fachlich qualifiziert?
• Ist das Motiv professionell-beruflich oder erwächst es aus dem Wunsch nach Selbsterfahrung oder Selbstoptimieerung des Lebenslaufes?

Der nigerianische Schriftsteller Teju Cole spricht von einer »Weisse-Retter-Industrie« und die Uganderin Olivia Alaso startete die Initiative No White Saviors.

• Celia Parbey interviewte Rwothomio Gabriel von No White Saviors: „Zu allem Überfluss sollen wir Dankbarkeit zeigen“, ZEIT 24. Oktober 2021. Starke Aussagen, interessante Leserkommentare.
• Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan
  Volunteer tourism and “The White Man’s Burden”: globalization of suffering, white savior complex, religion and modernity.
  Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 27.3 (2019) DOI
• Bandyopadhyay, R. (2018b). Volunteer tourism and religion: The cult of Mother Teresa. Annals of Tourism Research, 71,67–71.

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