Links on Friday - 4
February 9th, 2007 | Published in Africa, Business and Entrepreneurship, Democracy, Governance, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa | 2 Comments
- Africa Unchained: Another Africa is Possible!
“It is unwise to presume that the poor, be they illiterate, are bereft of inherent skills, experiences and talents that can be useful in building our communities. The same people are our heroes who daily create better livelihoods for their children. They fought colonialism and resisted slavery. How can we suddenly ignore them in our new struggles?…As we begin to fathom a new Africa, let us remember the wisdom of Albert Einstein that ‘the significant problems we face cannot be solved with the same level of thinking we were at when we created them…â€
- Ruud Elmendorp: Poverty? or Savings?
…Capturing the wealth at the bottom of the pyramid in Kenya - milk for loans?
- BBC: African amputees’ cup kicks off
Africa’s first amputee football cup starts in Sierra Leone.
- International Herald Tribune: An African bishop pleads for acceptance of gays
Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Anglican archbishop for southern Africa and successor of Bishop Desmond Tutu pledges for gays.
- Jewels in he Jungle: Black History Month in Europe?? An introduction to the Invisible Ones
The author, an African American resident in Germany, presents an interesting piece on the history of blacks in east Europe.
- Nigerian Village Square: A Bolekaja Presidency (7)
Reuben Abati, one of Nigeria’s top-notch columnists discusses the continuing face-off between the Nigerian president and his deputy, quoting an opposition party in the country: “If President Obasanjo succeeds in coercing INEC [Nigerian electoral commission] to disqualify Alhaji Abubakar [Atiku, the deputy president], the unfolding scenario will result in consequences that will be too grave to contemplate, and the end result of which no one can predict”. Well, according to newspaper reports earlier today, Nigerian vice president Atiku has been disqualified by INEC…Does this disqualification mark the end of the face-off or simply shifts it into another gear?
February 9th, 2007 at 9:45 pm (#)
Imnakoya, Emeka’s post is really good. I agree. We have to involve every one in society if we want to make real change in our economic development.
February 10th, 2007 at 6:17 am (#)
Hello Imankoya. Welcome back home in sunny Minnesota! I am very pleased that you stopped by to read that 1st post (of a series) about black and African history in Europe. Wer war Amo? (Deutsch) Who was Amo?
It’s a group project (the 1st for Jewels in the Jungle) involving some very bright young people “on the hunt” for the invisible blacks in European history. I am sitting down to today to write and publish the next installment. All I have to say my brother is “Stay tuned y’all. The plot thickens as we go back in time. Thicker than blood.” Extremely interesting stuff.