Archive for June, 2007
Mugabe and his cronies…
I read an article online this morning which got my blood boiling. Jerry Rawlings, ex President of Ghana, was talking in support of Robert Mugabe. He was saying that Britain was being ‘disrespectful’ towards Mugabe by having said in a statement that he would probably end up like Liberia’s Charles Taylor in an international court [...]
Who Cares About Paris Hilton?
The ‘Paris Goes to Jail’ story has been getting on my last nerve for some time now…It’s very simple: do the crime, do the time…
I’m glad I’m not the only one… MSNBC newsreader Mika Brzezinski was so incensed that this piece of nonsense was getting so much coverage that she point blank refused - live on [...]
What’s Going On?
30 years ago, Marvin Gaye wrote ‘What’s Going On?’….30 years later his words couldn’t be more relevant than they are today. He sang:
“Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There’s far too many of you dying
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some lovin’ here today”
Last week a 17 year old girl [...]
So Long Tony!
So today is the day that Tony Blair leaves Downing Street, after 10 years as Prime Minister. Wow how time flies. 10 years ago I was nearly 17 and was preparing for my A Levels.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who will be sad to see Blair go. Despite the fact that I stopped [...]
Chinese expansion into Africa…
China, as most of us know, has been showing a greater amount of interest in Africa over the past few years. The Chinese have been investing heavily in the continent, and trade between the two has jumped significantly. In early 2006, China - Africa trade was up by 39% to £18bn.
Personally I do not know enough [...]
Where are the positive video games?
So the computer game Manhunt 2 has been banned from the UK…Good! We already have enough violence and senseless killing in the real world…Actively promoting and encouraging it in the virtual world is a step too far I think - and that doesn’t just go for Manhunt 2.
The British Board of Film Classification issued a statement [...]
Sportsman = Spokesman?
The Times published a commentary piece this week on 22 year old Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton…In “Can Lewis Hamilton Escape The Curse of Tiger?“, the author predicts that rather than becoming a social commentator and black activist like Mohammed Ali (as is apparently his obligation as a person of colour), Lewis Hamilton is doomed to follow in the footsteps of [...]
Chinua Achebe Wins Lifetime Award
Chinua Achebe, one of the founding fathers of African literature, this week won a Man Booker International award, in tribute to his lifetime contribution to literature.
Achebe has been championing a positive view of Africa since he first wrote his novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ in 1958 to provide an alternative narrative to the notions of Africa as a place [...]
The Perfect Body?
This week there have been a number of paparazzi photos of Serena Williams in a bikini, taken while she was on holiday with her boyfriend.
Personally I think she looks great, but can somebody please tell me why, when images of healthy, strong woman are in the public domain, the media has to be so negative? [...]
Madonna’s Not Our Saviour
On Wednesday, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the Orange prize for literature for her novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun, about the Biafran war. (Congratulations to her!) In an interesting interview in the Guardian entitled “Madonna’s not our saviour” she talks about showing a different side of Africa, a more positive and balanced side of [...]