Africa
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 [...]
How to eliminate inequality in the world + create empowerment, dignity and equity for all
Wow, it’s December already. I haven’t blogged for a couple of months. I’ve been writing away, but just not blogging. All of that is changing, however, and I’m going to be blogging at least 3 or 4 times a week.
This year has been a great year so far, and as I’ve written about previously, I’ve [...]
I’m now writing for TheGrio.com
As you can see, I’ve been pretty busy! I’m now also writing for TheGrio.com – a newly launched website targeted at African Americans. The site features incisive, thought-provoking, and insightful commentary.
Here are some recent-ish pieces of mine:
Is Clinton’s visit to Africa about power or partnership?
Beer summit looks great, needs more filling
What we need to [...]
I’m back again!
I’ve been away on a hiatus… but I’m back in force. I must admit that I have been sucked into the abyss that is Twitter (follow me!) and am just dragging myself out. There really is something to be said for micro-blogging.
In any case, I have still been writing. So here are some pieces for [...]
Obama’s Cairo speech: America & Islam look to the future, together
Embedded video from CNN Video
As you can see, I thought the speech that Obama gave in Cairo (which is in Africa by the way, not the Middle East) was excellent. President Obama clearly realizes that in order to create something new, in order to transform a situation, you have to start from a place of [...]
Africa as told by Africans
One of the first blog posts I ever wrote was about my frustration at how the west continues to perpetuate stereotypes of Africa. I admit that I haven’t written as much about Africa as I’d like to since.
However, the criticism that has been levelled at economist Dambisa Moyo over her recent book Dead Aid – in [...]
Malcolm X: Born May 19th 1925
Yesterday, May 19th, would have been Malcolm X’s 84th birthday.
I have a few comments to make about the relevance of some of Malcolm X’s theories in this day and age, but for now I just want to salute him for what he contributed to the world.
And here’s one of his most powerful speeches:
Kenyan Women Say NO to sex – Are black people 8x more criminal? – British Far Right party threat
I want to hear your views on these issues! Let me know your thoughts!
Here are a few interesting articles/comment pieces that have come to my attention in the past couple of days…
From the UK:
The Guardian: “Don’t Leave Migration Policy to the BNP”.
For those who don’t know, the BNP stands for British National Party – it’s [...]
Gentrification: Where Race Meets Class
Over at Model Minority’s blog, there is an excellent posting – entitled “Gentrification Has Nothing to do with white hipsters”.
Model Minority raises an excellent point, and one I’ve been thinking about ever since I moved to Harlem where there are many mixed feelings about the gentrification of the area and where a battle is raging [...]
Pirates: There are 2 sides to every story
Over at Jack&Jill Politics there is a post on the Somali pirate situation called “Somalia’s Pirates: The Story You Never Hear” in which they talk about and link to some other articles what’s really going on in Somalia with regards to the pirate situation.
It would be very convenient and simplistic to paint this as some primitive, [...]