Grandiose Parlor

“The Botswana government brutally evicted the Gana and Gwi [tag]Bushmen[/tag] [the San people] from their land in the Central Kalahari, where the De Beers diamond company is also exploring for [tag]diamonds[/tag]…Read more at EthnicLoft

The Nigeria is a nation known for many things called, but docurum isn’t one of those words one can remotely associate with the country that sees itself as the giant of Africa. Talk of a giant that lacks ”propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance”, using Merriam-Website definition of decorum.
The facesoff between the president and his deputy has […]

Piggy backing on the earlier post- the privately founded Eton-like African Academy, “a new research shows that even in the poorest parts of the world, such as Lagos shanty-towns or rural areas in Ghana, some 70% of people prefer to pay for private education, rather than accept sub-standard state schools”, according to the BBC.
Based on […]

There is no doubt that Africa has been in a leadership drought and thirst for fresh and invigorating, and result-oriented leaders. Is the African Academy (South Africa), which “seeks to admit and educate talented 15-18 year-old future leaders from across the African continent”, the answer?
The Academy’s website emphasize that “students will be accepted based on […]

The African musings on the blogosphere resonate well with issues on the continent, going by the findings of some recent representative surveys conducted in Africa. Well not that anyone needs reassuring, the findngs do show and confirm (to any doubting Thomas) that, the rants of African bloggers are grounded in reality:
A survey of 18 African […]