• 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, March 17, 2009

Senior Year, a mother, wife, friend, daughter and sisiter

So, between my senior project, my Business Law class, taking care of my 2 girls, while daddy is at work all day, and maintaining a home that's beautiful, clean and welcoming, that makes me superwoman, right? . Well, let's see.... my kids go to school till noon(for my baby, 3 days a week, i stay with her the rest of the time) and 11.25 for my kindergartner. So, i pick them up, and i have to entertain them, do homework, feed and bathe them. Everyday i do this, but Monday, one of my mom friends, picks up my 5yr old and hangs out with her for an hour or so, till i leave class @ noon. I still need energy left to make dinner, be nice to my wonderful husband, clean the house, do laundry and still find time to be a wife and friend! At this point, it's sort of like crazy! and it's hard too, but I'm a superwoman! right?I think I'm supposed to be.

It turns out the my mom friend, who picks up my daughter on Mondays, had a sick son and so he didn't come to school, meaning she won't pick up my daughter.

That means i would have to leave my class one hour before it's over to make it on time to get my daughter. Well, there is more.. i usually pick up another kid, one of my daughter's friend, then drop her at after school care program. Well, remember the mom who picks up my daughter while I'm in class, well, she also picks up this other girl(my daughter's friend) on Mondays coz I'm in class. We all help each other. Crazy, huh!

Turns out i missed class yesterday! I couldn't make it! I missed a quiz, notes, lecture and an opportunity to get an update on my senior project. Well, the professor called me and had me think twice if i had to graduate......she's really wonderful, she has worked with me, accommodated my other priorities and sets up outside her schedule to get my homework, catch upon quizzes and all that. Well, she can't do that forever. So, i had to show up in her class at 8pm yesterday to take my quiz, turn in my homework and get all the notes and more. It was the hardest quiz ever, i hadn't studied for it, and i felt so angry. I cried all the way home, thinking of how much i messed up, how i need to graduate this semester, how she'd had to put up with my absences, and impromptu sicknesses and extra time she gives me. She said that other students begin to question time wasted explaining things for students who are absent. She really wants me to graduate, and i want to graduate. Being a wife, mother, student, sister, friend, and all these other things is tough!
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