• 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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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Ever think about them?


Ever thought about how lucky you are to have an education, endless isles of food, warm beds, movie tickets, designer clothes, vacations, endless gadgets bought and brought home in your automobile that you have no problem filling up the tank?

I think about all the young girls in Kenya without hope and sanitary pads, so they stay home for 4 days a month, and miss school. I think about all the little girls that dream big yet see no reality is sight. I think about all the little girls who have no one to tell them they love them, or someone to hold their hand and teach them how to use a computer. I think about them all the time.

I think about the woman whose child is looking into her eyes, and in return she looks away because she has nothing to offer. I think about the woman who chooses death instead of torment. I think about the father who has no legacy to leave behind as his children are dying. I think about them all the time.

What occupies your mind? What do you think about, besides your own life as it is?
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  1. PositiveAfricaFebruary 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    That's why for me, This IS So Temporary. I am sitting here thinking what i can do to be apart of these children, these women and their husbands as they struggle and dream and wait for visitors from the good side. I want to be that visitor. I want to be that good side that falls on them, and becomes apart of their way out of misery. I want to be that. I want to see their faces smiling and filled with hope and expectation. I want to be apart of that. I just don't know how...

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  2. PositiveAfricaFebruary 17, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    I spend hours looking at organizations and people that work to provide better services for these families that have little to smile about.
    I yearn to be apart of a legacy that pours education, opportunities, growth, hope and joy to these families.
    I desire to be one of those that holds a little girl by the hand, and leads out of deep consuming seas that hold misery on the other side.

    I am so far away from home, I believe in right timing, and divine appointments. I also believe in agreement with my husband. As we both wait for the day we shall be apart of this global initiative, we will work hard, and hope everything falls in place.

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