• 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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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Capitalism: A love Story

Never seen Michael Moore's movies before...
but now, after watching Capitalism: A love Story, I couldn't help but have a whole new perspective of my beloved American country. Wow! is an understatement.

Is it a crime that none of the issues raised in the movie aren't investigated and the perpetrators brought to their knees?

Democracy doesn't necessarily mean good things.
The American Constitution doesn't necessarily stand for every American.
America isn't necessarily the country with all solutions.

In this time and day, in this generation and at this very era that I am alive, there must be a reason why all these things are happening. My questions is:

Will I just stand aside, watch it happen bringing with it evil, manipulation, harmful propaganda, greed, and capitalism or will I hold onto what is truly mine, that which belongs to every American: poor, rich, wealthy, blind, deaf, gay, brown, red, pink, white and black, that which is right and beneficial, that which is true and productive, that which I have worked so hard to achieve. The right.

The right to eat, to choose, to live well, to sleep on a warm bed, to own a house, to have adequate health care and education. My right. The right to be rescued if the floods comes in my city. The right to be included in the sharing of the bread, the right to be included in decision making, the right to be treated as a person with feelings, tears, emotions and ambitions. The right.

Why do people have to fight so hard for their rights in a democratic, free and home of the brave country?

May be Socialism has a new meaning after all.
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