• 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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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

New Year Resolution: Instant Gratificated You

You know what New Years Resolutions remind me of? Instant Gratification. The favorite pass time of our society. Many of us fail miserably at creating New Year Resolutions. I know I'm guilty! I've done that in the past and i tell ya, it's all a silly trend that doesn't last long..like the HINI flu shot buzz, or less serious, shoes and purses.

When it comes to making New Year Resolutions - people all over the world fail this test. Why? beause we are all trying to be someone we are not in an instant. You know, microwaving instant food is ok because you'll eat it, but microwaving yourself to fit into your new resolution? That's pricelessly cheap and it won't work for ya, sorry, gotta have a plan, a strategy and all the feasible components. - at least a year before hand.

As we all celebrate the Birth of Christ, eat lots' of mbuzi and ham, pies and other unhealthy things...let's remember to be thankful and find ways to make this place, your place - our world (though it's not our destination) a better place for those around us. A place others can enjoy. A place that others can benefit from. A place that thrives, grows and develops.

A place to dream long enough to make things happen.

Not a place that is instantaneously gratified.
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