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Jacob Zuma and his wives – African embarrassment or victim of colonial media mentality?
Is Jacob Zuma, with his 4 wives and 20 children an embarrassment to Africa and Africans? Is he setting a bad example to the citizens of the country he leads based on his relationship status? Or, should we all be focussing on more important issues rather than treating Zuma’s life as if is it’s latest [...]
Lola’s thought for the day: Slow Down
We live in a hyper fast world. Emails, text messages, IM’s, Facebook chats and tweets are delivered in a second. Speed is the order of the day, and we want to do more in a shorter period of time. What where does this leave us? It can leave us stressed, frazzled, and not to mention [...]
Opportunity knocks for Sarah Palin
This is my latest piece for The Guardian:
Sarah Palin speaks during the Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Photograph: Josh Anderson/Reuters
Sarah Palin may not know that Africa is a continent, but if there is knowledge that she is not lacking, it’s a canny ability to spot, and seize, any opportunity that will propel her into the spotlight.
Palin’s [...]
Lola’s thought for the day: Don’t believe your thoughts or your feelings
“I think therefore I am” wrote the philosopher Descartes. He could, although he didn’t, have also said “I feel therefore I am”. Most of us believe both statements to be true.
We are conditioned to invest our thoughts and feelings with a great deal of power and credence. The idea is that we must pay attention to, [...]
Lola’s thought for the day – Embracing uncertainty leads to new possibilities!
How do you feel when you don’t know something? Do you welcome uncertainty, or do you feel that you need to be – or at least act as if you are – certain, sure and have it all together? How comfortable are you with not knowing?
As humans, we rate knowledge highly and we often hold [...]
Lola’s thought for the day – what are you saying about your life today?
There are two components to life: what happens, and what you say about that. What happens is just what happens. What you choose to say about what happens has the most impact on the quality of your life. And your word in the matter of your life is *always* your choice. What are you saying [...]
Haiti and why media coverage of tragedies sucks!
Recently I have begun advocating for a new approach to media output. I would like to see a media that is focussed on looking at solutions, rather than just regurgitating scary and titillating images and statistics (or sometimes speculation, rumours and misinformation) which don’t help the people/situation being discussed and leave those watching, reading or [...]
Happy Martin Luther King Day and why we must keep on dreaming
Happy Martin Luther King day! I wrote a piece for The Guardian – “King dream meets Obama’s reality” - on Obama’s first year in office and what it means for Martin Luther King’s vision for America.
The crux of the piece is that one person cannot singlehandedly change everything, particularly in the space of one year. We [...]
Lola’s Thought For The Day
When you die, what will you leave behind? You’re creating your legacy right now…Make it count!
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The presence of each and every one of us on this earth makes a difference. YOU make a difference. Not only do you impact the quality of your own life, you impact the quality of the lives of others, and [...]
Sign the Charter for Compassion
How about committing to compassion in 2010? It’s not a quality that we talk about very often - and perhaps in our modern world, it’s not one that is much lauded. But I strongly believe that compassion for self and others would make a profound impact on our world. We’d be able to forgive our [...]