• 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, November 10, 2009

Travel the road less traveled

We hear this all the time....yeah.
don't compare yourself with others, don't follow your friends, you don't do what others are doing....you don't have to think like them, or do as they do...etc.

Yet, we do exactly that.
I know I do it all the time, I am guilty and yes, it's hard not to!

But I'm trying things like:

-buying less when I have enough to buy more.

-Eating less, and saving some so I don't have to spend more tomorrow

-Jogging a little longer, so you can actually miss that show you like on TV

-Spending a little more on birthday presents.

-Reading a little bit longer to the kids at the library so I can can miss that thing...

-Smiling shorter, but for real, than a fake longer one.

-Choosing to put my AT&T back in my pocket, even while everyone else is texting.

-Being a doorkeeper, while others push for the lofts and high places - Please work hard for promotions. They are great!

-Sitting at the table of the invisible - even when it's the 'in thing' to be visible.

-Choosing to spend Christmas/Thanksgiving eating and laughing with those I won't normally be with.

-Calling my friends and family, instead of texting or social networking, just because everyone else is.

These are just but a few things to do....

-Love, serve, give, bless and forgive more, even when you don't feel like it. Even when others tell you that you can't. Even when it seems like the wrong thing to do.

Try and travel the road less traveled. You might just find your miracle.
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