March 31st, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Human Rights
“Olaudah Equiano, who lived from 1745 to 1797, was the most prominent of the early African campaigners against the barbaric transatlantic slave trade. An image of the former slave will feature on 1st class stamps from the Royal Mail.”
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March 30th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, China, Democracy, Environment, Ethiopia, Governance, Hibiscus Project, Links, Zimbabwe
Life Cycle Analysis: Niger River Ecological Problems
Bazungu Bucks: Stop Cyberbullying Day
Timesonline: Black protester disrupts slavery service
Tololy’s Box: The One Advantage of a Patriarchal Society
BBC: Mugabe rival ‘asked for beating’
BBC: Bloggers turn up heat on Zimbabwe
FPIF Discussion Paper: China in Africa: It’s (Still) the Governance, Stupid
Carpe Diem Ethiopia: Engineer Hailu Shawel Needs Urgent Medical Attention
March 29th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Africa, Human Rights
Given the current state of the African continent - where sadist rulers ( I dare not call them leaders) and usurpers like Bob Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan, and Yahya Jammeh of Gambia abound in dozens; where man-created tragedies have become the order of the day; a region that appears hell-bent on regressing and incapable of frog-leaping technologically even if it means playing ‘copycats’ of other regions that have done so - I wonder if there’s much sense in discussing an event that has little of no relevance to our collective future.
March 29th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Governance, Nigeria, elections
Towards the Nigerian general elections in April 2007. One of the readers reacted to this post “Character and Social Commitment - the Key to Good Governance“, and fired back with this question:
“How will the electorates appraise the character of a man vying for political office…I’m a little bit confuse here…is it through the pages of […]
March 28th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Democracy, Governance, Nigeria, elections
This arrived in my email inbox today:
NEWS: March 28, 2007 [Abuja, Nigeria; Washington DC, USA] Lawyer Femi Falana of Falana Chambers, Ikeja, Lagos, has agreed to represent Nigerians in the Diaspora/Nigerians living Abroad in a class-action suit to force INEC [the Independent National Electoral Commission] to arrange for Nigerians abroad […]
