• 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, September 15, 2009

The Love

We are not to despise them or hate them.
We are not to accuse them or point fingers at them
We are not to judge them or shun them out
We are not to back bite them or wish them bad

We are to love them and trust in God that His Love would embrace us as we attempt to Love those ones. Those ones who don't like us, the ones who spit on us while we are not looking. The ones who would rather see us wither and melt before their very own eyes. Those ones who wish we were never around.

We are to reach out and love them, regardless. We are to reach out and offer them something to eat, a drink of water and a hand. No matter how hard it may seem, God's love in us is bigger than we'll ever know. So big! Really.

We are to ask of the Father's strength to face this day. Ask of the Father's grace to face yet another month. Ask of the Father's Love to en-clothe us, to embrace us and to cover us through it all.

This Love will hinder us from hating them, throwing rocks at them, and wishing they would burn in hell.

This Love is bigger than all the hateful remarks, all the explicit names, all the name calling that comes from them.

This Love is bigger than the sleeplessness nights they cause, the goose bumps they cause to arise on our arms and those of our loved ones.

This Love is bigger than their hate and bigger than anything planned or set against us. It is the Love that is unconditional.

The Love that sees through color, the Love that sees through socio-economic status. The Love that sees through our physical features, the Love that sees through our status.

It is The Love of God. The Love that extends to the mountains and valleys. To other nations and all the people we don't know.

It is also the The Love that is upon the United States President. The Love that is upon his wife and his children. Everyday as he steps out, may the Love of God be upon him. May he learn to trust in God fully. For it is in that place that he will have the courage to be stronger, happier and even more ready to hold the highest office. They can hurt him with words, they can call him names, they can accuse him and portray him as the enemy. But the Love of God stands strong.

That kind of Love will never be moved, changed or replaced. It is there to stay forever and ever no matter what.

But His LOVE.
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