• 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

US a nation of cowards on racial matters.

That's right..........he said, the first African American Attorney General...what i like best is this comment as he said it, '

"Even when people mix at the workplace or after work social events, Holder argued, many Americans in their free time are still segregated inside what he called "race-protected cocoons."

"Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad," said Holder.

Now, across the nation, that has dug up stress, tension and hang ups, but most importantly, it's waking us up from a deep slumber of ignorance, outdated mentalities and pure negligence of the human race. And i say that because.........

it's over the top to pretend to be the most diverse nation - and behind closed doors, you'd rather be dead than be supervised by that so and so..or eat with so and so, or be seen with so and so in your new Farmer's Market. Yeah, 50 years ago, it happened, it's still happening. That gold plated diversity only exists in our minds..

It's hedious to pretend to be the most diverse people while we give shady and cheap reasons why Obama didn't get your vote, like: "we need to know him", He's a muslim', Who is he? C'mon what happend to the simple english words that frightens the cheese out of Californai cows? Those ol' good words....he's a black man, i can't vote for him.

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