• 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

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A generation of quality...not quantity


When i was a small girl, i remember spending alot of time with my family, giving and helping and building the society in different ways. ...well, my dad did most of it. We knew about it though. There is a such a rewarding thing in giving and helping change a life.

I want my girls to experience quality. I want them to be excited about life. To see first hand what it means not to have shoes on their feet...i'm not talking about having them walk barefoot in the desert..I want them to understand what it means not to have endless toys and what it means not to have 100 TV shows to choose from. To know what it feels like when a girl their age doesn't have shoes - i would like them to give them the shoes themselves. I want them to be apart of a generation that will value quality over quantity. A generation that recognises that giving, helping, sharing, accountability and responsibility are apart of their life.
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