• 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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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I don't think I'm sick, it's just the truth


It's funny how people come to America and stay for so long ....year and years without going back.
It's also funny how people go back home and come back with great or horror stories.
It's also really funny how you can stay here for 20 years and it's okay.
It's not so funny that I don't understand how that works....I don't think I'm sick, it's the truth.

I don't know how we do this. I can't quite seem to get it....how people can just stay here without really seriously craving to go back home. Is it the money? cheap food? convenience? security? I mean, there are millions of Kenyans who are still back home, working hard, paying their dues as citizens, and leading great lives...That means there is security, jobs, cheaper food and even more quality than quantity.

I don't think I'm sick, It's just the truth. I am dying to go back, i can't wait to go home. I have been there before, and I would die if someone told me i would still be here in the next 3 years...seriously, I don't think I'm sick, it's just the truth. People don't understand me, i drive them crazy with my desire to go back. Yes, there are things to do there, work to do and things to take care of. More than ever, we all need to go back home and build the country. We need to take our customer service skills, accounting and administrative skills to the public sector that so needs it. We need to shift our mentality and become responsible citizens. Please don't tell me you are waiting to start a business, or you are waiting to buy a house, or waiting to save a million dollars. Please don't tell me there are no jobs, and security is bad, or you are used to some fancy little life abroad. There is plenty to do in Africa. Please don't tell me the government does not help people. John F. Kennedy said "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"
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