Africa
The Global African-American influence
Prior to living in America, I had already visited the country a number of times. But that’s not how I am able to sing RnB songs, or how I’m able to rap full verses from artists like Common, Jay Z, Biggie and Tupac or even much older hip hop groups. It’s not how I understand [...]
The Global African-American influence
I had already visited America a number of times prior to coming here to live. But that’s not how I am able to sing RnB songs, or how I’m able to rap full verses from artists like Common, Jay Z, Biggie and Tupac or even much older hip hop groups. It’s not how I understand [...]
Move On Mugabe!
Democracy is a pretty simple process, right (in theory at least)? The people vote and whoever gets the most votes wins and takes control… So the people in Zimbabwe have cast their votes. Apparently (unsurprisingly) the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, has won. In a simple world, Mugabe would shed a tear and step [...]
Entrepreneurship in Africa
My last post was on the entrepreneurial mindset…The mindset is important, because everything begins first with a thought. So if your mind ain’t right, your life ain’t right.
Recently I’ve been reading various blogs about entrepreneurship in Africa. There is a lot going on business-wise and it’s great to see. Entrepreneurship is vital to continents or countries [...]
Nigerian President Declares Assets…
I’ve been meaning to post about this for some time, but forgot.
I was impressed by the news that Umuru Yar’Adua, the new president of Nigeria, publicly declared his and his wife’s assets, as he promised he would before he was elected. I think this is a great step, showing not only that Yar’Adua is walking his talk, but also [...]
United States of Africa…
It’s been interesting to hear what’s been coming out of the African Union summit… The call for a united Africa - a United States of Africa if you will - appears to be at the top of the agenda. Colonel Gadafi has been pretty vocal on this, calling for the creation of a federal Africa right now [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]