• I dream of the day when these, the African mathematicians and computer specialists in Washington and New York, the African physicists, engineers, doctors, business managers and economists, will return from London and Manchester and Paris and Brussels to add to the African pool of brain power, to enquire into and find solutions to Africa's problems and challenges, to open the African door to the world of knowledge, to elevate Africa's place within the universe of research the information of new knowledge, education and information -Thambo Mbeki, former South African President
  • They therefore concluded that “the findings of this (and other) surveys indicate that coverage of Africa, by the leading sources of American media is, at best, dismissive of the continent’s progress and potential, and thus leading to continued ‘exotification’ and marginalization of the African continent. At worst, coverage disregards recent trends toward democratization, thus betraying an almost contemptuous lack of interest in the potential and progress being achieved on the continent.”

Above excerpt is from a writer: Gbemisola Olujobi

  • By Gbemisola Olujobi - The Africa You Need to Know - Posted on Nov 28, 2006 See Full Article above

Why is the African image so negative?

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Chimpanzees and the Country of cowards...

If i remember clearly, chimps are apes that live in the jungles of Africa (for sure) and may be in other countries too....never been to another jungle before. They are wild, dangerous, carnivorous and bigger than humans.

Well now, to call one of these a 'son' and also say it feels like "i gave birth to it" is beyond my human understanding.....i've been accused before of being slow, so I'm working on it. It's disgusting and stupid. IT IS WRONG to keep a wild animal in your house. Just because you love baboons and hyenas doesn't mean they can turn into humans...no, they were created to live in the bushes.

Back to my other point..

The chimpanzee cartoon on new York Times? showing 2 cops praying bullets on it, and the cops were quoted as saying, "they'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill". That is wrong, careless and racist, and anyone who sees otherwise should have a mental check up. With all the progress America has made race wise, with the 1st black president, and first black attorney general, c'mon, how arrogant, stupid, uneducated and foolish do we have to act as opposers of this progress? People of the other color, get over it!

I'm not only ashamed, embarrassed and disgusted as a woman of color in America, but i think we have to revisit...the country of cowards topic...

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