Israel, Egypt Relations Hurting Peace Process Nov 4, 2009
Egyptians have also bitterly blamed Israel for their culture minister's loss of the top post at the U.N. culture agency, UNESCO, and even for attempts by African countries to grab a bigger share of the Nile's waters ... In recent weeks, Egyptian state-owned papers have accused Israel of inciting African countries, who control the Nile River's water, to work against Egypt. (Fox News)
'Dancing in the Dark,' by Morris Dickstein Nov 4, 2009
A master of comparing and contrasting, he places African American literary giants Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston side by side and shows how they were the same and at the same time very different. He plunges into the books and movies he writes about and describes characters and plots in detail; he also steps back and looks at the big historical picture and the sweep of social movements. (San Francisco Chronicle)
News: Don't fight for me - Asmal Nov 4, 2009
Asmal was criticised by the African National Congress, Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula and the MK Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) for comments he made to the Cape Town Press Club. Asmal said Mbalula and the MKMVA's remarks were symptoms of a "tainted political atmosphere in which the moral compass pointing to the core values of my movement has lost its sense of direction". (iAfrica.com)
Equatorial Guinea Frees Coup-Plotters Nov 4, 2009
Brit Simon Mann, 4 South Africans Convicted of Trying to Overthrow Government; Pardoned for "Humanitarian Reasons" ... (AP) A British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries pardoned for attempting the overthrow of Equatorial Guinea's government were freed from prison Tuesday in the tiny oil-rich African nation, the country's chief judge said ... Thatcher pleaded guilty in a South African court to unwittingly helping fund the operation. (CBS News -- World)
Standard Chartered 79% Return Overtakes HSBC With Asian Investment Rebound Nov 4, 2009
That transaction collapsed in late September after it failed to win approval from the South African government ... In 1987, Standard Chartered sold its 39 percent stake in its South African branch to local buyers after Europe and the U.S. imposed economic sanctions on the apartheid regime ... The bank retained its franchises in other African nations. (Bloomberg)
Eighth Ghana International book fair launched Nov 4, 2009
Professor Attukwuei Okai, General Secretary of Pan African Writers Association, urged writers to live up to expectation. 3 Nov. 09. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role Nov 4, 2009
Equatorial Guinea's chief judge said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, that convicted British coup plotter Mann and four SouthAfrican mercenaries have been pardoned by the central African nation's president and will be freed shortly ... Simon Mann was released from prison Tuesday along with four South African mercenaries ... Mann testified in court that U.S. and European governments knew of the plan in advance and welcomed it as did international oil companies operating in the Central African nation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
The First Family brings change Nov 3, 2009
President Obama may not have delivered on all the policy changes he promised since his election a year ago, but he and his family have brought dramatic social change to the nation's capital and to the country's collective image of its first family and not just because they're the first African Americans in charge at the White House ... "Our most prominent social creatures are president and Mrs. Obama and the fact they happen to be African American has huge ramifications," he says ... "After all,... (USA Today)
Coup Plotter Simon Mann Pardoned In Eq. Guinea Nov 3, 2009
Judge: British Coup Plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, Pardoned In Equatorial Guinea ... (AP) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - British coup-plotter Simon Mann and four South African mercenaries have been pardoned for plotting the overthrow of the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the country's chief judge told The Associated Press on Tuesday ... He has led the African country for three decades, and is accused by human rights groups of using the oil wealth to make his family... (CBS News -- World)
* World News Quick Take Nov 3, 2009
CHINA Beijing works on hostages The government said yesterday that efforts were continuing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard a cargo ship hijacked last month by Somali pirates, as Premier Wen Jiabao (a_) headed to Egypt for talks with African leaders this weekend. Rest assured that the rescue work is under way, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun (CT) told reporters at a briefing on Wens trip. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Filmmaker Spalletta captures a chorus and a connecting of cultures Nov 3, 2009
There was a South African song called Tshotsholoza that they sang at almost every performance. It s really catchy. (Boston Globe)
NY-23 And The End Of The GOP Nov 3, 2009
They don t participate in bribing and blackmailing African politicians or in violence against troublemaking members of the public. Or, at least, when they do, they are closet socialists, right. (The American Conservative)
Home from home Nov 3, 2009
She grew up in north London and says she set up the school to resolve a lack of pride in African culture ... Olaudah Equiano, one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade, was believed to be an Igbo. (BBC News -- Africa)
Caught on tape Nov 2, 2009
We take a look at some of the biggest celebrity sex tape scandals and now we stick our own 'Proudly South African' label over a tape marked 'Joost. Rob Lowe In 1988, emerging young actor Rob Lowe starred in several films and a highly scandalous sex tape. (iAfrica.com)
Na God Be Coach? Nov 2, 2009
The last time the Black Stars won the African Cup was in 1982. Whys that. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Uganda: Hard Choices On Impunity [editorial] Nov 2, 2009
2009 The East African. All rights reserved. (allAfrica.com)
Africa week: Africa week aims to heighten awareness, spread culture Nov 2, 2009
For three days, the smells of African food filled the halls of Newhouse III. Students, faculty and professionals from around the world came together at Syracuse University to discuss a far-off issue that for some is much closer to home: healing, reconciliation and reconstruction in Zimbabwe. "I went to the forum on sexual violence for women in Zimbabwe. Feminist scholars were talking about the women they were working with in Zimbabwe, and I just thought how much their words could relate to lives... (Daily Orange, NY)
'I spend most of Christmas cooking. How sad is that?' Nov 1, 2009
But her parents are South African Indians and the first time I ever was really conscious of race discrimination was when Veena's dad took me out. We were going to a South Indian restaurant in Kilburn and we went on the bus together. (India Times, India)
Robben Island is 'under threat' Nov 1, 2009
Helen Zille has demanded a meeting with South African Minister of Culture Lulu Xingwana to discuss how to halt its decline. Rabbits roam. (BBC News -- Africa)
Book documents Crescent City before Katrina, flood Nov 1, 2009
All the while, he was researching the collision of African, European and Native American cultures that laid the foundation for New Orleans' rich musical tapestry. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sublette lived until aged 9 in the old city of Natchitoches in Northern Louisiana, and recounts how white and black people were segregated in the first section of "The Year Before the Flood." The rest of the book is the story of how he comes to feel strangely at home in the doomed city of New Orleans. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Travel to Moroccan North African Ci... Nov 1, 2009
Travel to Moroccan North African City Rabat. Travel to Moroccan North African City Rabat ... The North African country has continually been colonized by different powers determined to gain a foothold in North Africa over thousands of years. (Suite101.com)
White....SHHHH Don't Say That Word Nov 1, 2009
idiots all wrote on Oct 13, 2009 1:06 AM:" What many people who are not a person of color (caucasian) fail to understand clearly is simply this . You come to the table from the position of power because through murder and fear you subjugated other races . Whether or not an african chief captured and sold his like race is irrelevant(that argument is tired) Through superior numbers,violence,and supposedly in the name of god you separated a race of people from their native lands, from their... (New Iberia, LA)
No comments posted. Oct 31, 2009
Every culture has its racism, says the African-American playwright ... In Israel, there have been incidents of discrimination by lighter-skinned, Mediterranean Jews against their darker-skinned African Jewish counterparts. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Amos Ferguson, folk artist who depicted the Bahamas Oct 31, 2009
The two women traveled to Nassau, photographed the work, and sent slides to the Wadsworth Atheneum, hoping that the museum might acquire some paintings for its African Diaspora Collection. Instead, curators organized a show of 50 works, which brought Mr. Ferguson to the attention of the international art market. (Boston Globe)
November 2009 Geology and GSA Today highlights Oct 31, 2009
Multiple inflation and deflation events at Kenyan volcanoes, East African Rift J. Biggs et al., Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Florida 33149, USA. Pages 979-982 ... Kenya was the first African country to build geothermal plants to generate a renewable, environmentally-friendly form of energy. (EurekAlert!)
Let the vampire backlash begin! Why do we keep regurgitating the same old... Oct 31, 2009
Let the vampire backlash begin. Why do we keep regurgitating the same old bloodsuckers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Oct 30, 2009
Kenya will conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/Aids in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal. X Factor judge Simon Cowell shed his Mr Nasty image as he was unveiled as the patron of a children's hospice charity. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Muhammad Ali Enterprises Marks 35th Anniversary of 'The Rumble In The Jungle' with Online Events Oct 30, 2009
But beyond the remarkable athleticism and cunning gamesmanship that Ali displayed, it was the personal rapport he developed with his African and international fan base that helped establish him as a unique global icon ... A colorful poster, designed to match the style and feeling of the African bout in 1974, is on sale as a Limited Edition print. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Serious as a heart attack:The independents' story Oct 30, 2009
The Fulani movement refers to the country's leading African American independent, Lenora Fulani, who exposed the black community to independent politics and introduced the independent movement to an alliance with black America. No doubt the dramatics that the right wing brought to the town hall meetings this summer were intended for the television cameras. (NJ.com -- Times)
Africa must protect rich cultural heritage- Vice Chancellor Oct 30, 2009
Badagry, Oct. 29, GNA - Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, has called on Africans to reactivate the cultural values that helped their ancestors to protect, maintain and develop the environment. To achieve this objective, he asked African leaders to stop blind copying of foreign cultures that tend to pollute the rich cultural heritage of the continent ... The Vice Chancellor praised the founders of the festival for their excellent vision and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Alum rejected for city job Oct 30, 2009
With the majority of D.C. residents being African American, Barry did not think Hartsock was qualified for the job. "We have a culture that is different. We have a subculture that is different," Barry said at Hartsock's confirmation hearing. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Japan's Salsa Sensation Oct 29, 2009
For Ameenah Shareef Asante, salsa came naturally: Shes a trained dancer whos studied a wide range of techniques, including African, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, Flamenco, Latin, Brazilian and Caribbean dance ... Palmer would give Asante more formal salsa training while Asante would serve as one of the companys choreographers, fusing African body movement, jazz and hip-hop with formal salsa ... In addition to her work with her salsa company, Ameenah began teaching Latin and African dance. (Slate)
Jackson and Safran Oct 29, 2009
Safran took his tan to an open-mic night where he rapped about Melbourne trams; to an all-night wiener joint staffed by black people and customised by whites, where the hottest item on the menu was the racist slurs hurled back and forth across the counter; to a speed-dating session for African-Americans only; and to a black church where he spoke with straight face and great passion about being raised in a white Jewish family in Melbourne as if he were white, repressing the black man inside,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
› Cargate vehicles 'tools' Oct 29, 2009
"They have to travel from one place to another, doing work... There has to be a conducive environment in order for them to do their work. "It [is] the responsibility of government to provide the necessary minimum resources that are required for ministers to do their work," Baloyi said. Referring to the Ministerial Handbook the document stipulates departments may spend up to "70 percent of the inclusive annual remuneration package of a minister" on official vehicles he said all ministers who... (iAfrica.com)
Crash victim wants R1.2m Oct 29, 2009
Article By: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07 A 30-year-old Johannesburg man who suffered severe head injuries in a South African Roadlink bus crash in 2006 is claiming R1 ... Ryan Bubear says South Africans must realise political allegiance shouldn't be based on race ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
Willie Gary's son busted Oct 29, 2009
I didnt realize that the bust was in an african American neighborhood. Looks like it was in a white neighborhood by the looks of the neighbors sitting on their cars, watching this go down. (The Palm Beach Post)
Does God Exist...Prove it! Oct 28, 2009
Jeremy Perez Proud American Atheist wrote on Oct 26, 2009 4:10 PM:" The truth is that there is not one shred of evidence that a God or Gods exist. Religion was formed in order to control the peon masses. Religion has killed more people on this Earth than anything else. The bible was written by Bronze Age goat herders and is not the word of a God. What if Allah is the right god? What if Zeus is the real god? What if one of the African tribes is right? The truth is no one is right, because 'God'... (New Iberia, LA)
TimVickeryInside Soccer Why Carlos Alberto Parreira may transform South African football. Oct 28, 2009
With less than eight months until the 2010 World Cup, the South African national team has made a change ... Just a few months ago, Santana seemed poised to become a South African hero as his side held Brazil at bay for 88 minutes in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup ... I frequently received calls from South African radio stations whose reporters were unimpressed with his rsum. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
› Re-examine gun law: Zuma Oct 28, 2009
Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. The Point brings you the first of many political deathmatches: Fikile Mbalula vs Kader Asmal. (iAfrica.com)
Work on Accra Plains Irrigation Project to begin Oct 28, 2009
Speaking at a conference on Ghana's Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), Vice President Mahama said the project would help government cut down on the huge food import bill and improve on farmers' income. It is estimated that the country currently spends more than one billion dollars to import food items such as rice and maize, which could easily be grown locally. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Madiba time 'not for sale' Oct 28, 2009
The Oscar-winning South African-born actress Charlize Theron auctioned off a meeting with Nelson Mandela without getting permission from the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Beeld reported on Wednesday ... Ryan Bubear says South Africans must realise political allegiance shouldn't be based on race ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
› We're the greatest - ANCYL Oct 28, 2009
Citing the example of African National Congress leaders such as Anton Lembede, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, and AP Mda, the ANC said its youth division had long produced "leaders of distinction" ... "The ANC Youth League continues to inspire hope to many South Africans.". (iAfrica.com)
Pirates hijack UK couple? Oct 28, 2009
"We'll be at sea for eight to 12 days, maybe 14 as we are now getting into the period of transition between the south monsoon and north monsoon, so the trade winds will be less reliable and we may get more light winds. "We probably won't have satellite phone coverage until we're fairly close to the African coast, so we may be out of touch for some time. " The Seychelles said Thursday it was to deploy troops to some of its outer islands to deter Somali pirates that have been hunting their prey... (iAfrica.com)
In defence of Prof Jansen Oct 28, 2009
Surely, as South Africans, this is something we should understand ... South Africans have a long way to go before we can claim real reconciliation or transformation ... Professor Jansen's decision to drop the charges is not a cowardly act, which once again makes black South Africans bear the brunt of reconciliation. (iAfrica.com)
Angolagate players jailed Oct 28, 2009
The trial saw judges struggling to make sense of a labyrinth of murky deals linking French politicians, businessmen and public figures and a massive arms shipment to a war-torn African country ... Ryan Bubear says South Africans must realise political allegiance shouldn't be based on race ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
Dikgatlong mayor resigns Oct 28, 2009
The decision was taken in a meeting between Louw and African National Congress provincial senior leaders ... Ryan Bubear says South Africans must realise political allegiance shouldn't be based on race ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
Ghana Threat Assessment Outcome Oct 28, 2009
It was no coincident that Ghana became the first sub-Sahara African country to gain independence from colonial rule. It was also not a coincident that Ghana became the first African country to win a world cup. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Baghdad: forces to blame? Oct 27, 2009
Last Upd: 08:49am 27 Oct 2009. R3,000 free @ Prestige Casino. (iAfrica.com)
Morality of 'me first' Oct 27, 2009
"Measures are being taken to curb corruption, though far more has to be done in this [area] to rid the country, and in particular the public service, of this culture of self-enrichment," Vavi said in an address prepared for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of African Communists ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
Coles backs down over 'racist ' biscuit Oct 27, 2009
The name change comes on the back of claims of racism, with the word Creole used to describe a person of mixed European and African ancestry. "The word Creole comes from a period when people's humanity was measured by the amount of white blood they had in their bloodstream. This is the same kind of thought that underpinned horrific regimes like the Nazis," Sam Watson, the deputy director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland, told... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Addo-Aikins Mind is Stuck in the Divisive and Regressive Ghanaian Past Oct 27, 2009
Of course, it goes without saying that the African Show Boy (ASB) immensely contributed to the development of Ghana; but it also bears reminding ourselves and our children and grandchildren of the fact that Nkrumah also set back the salutary clock of Ghanaian democracy by at least some two generations, and uncontrovertibly guaranteed that the emergent African nations of the 1960s would blindly pursue the same regressive path of a one-party dictatorship. In this sense, therefore, Nkrumah could,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fake cops rob tourists Oct 27, 2009
A South African police officer ... Francisco Little explores China's Chocolate City, home to a growing number of African expats. (iAfrica.com)
Norton Runs NYC Marathon for Biodiversity Oct 27, 2009
Next to him is Samson Parashina, a Maasai warrior from the East African savannah, wearing a colorful tunic and intricately beaded jewelry ... " The trust began as an ecotourism lodge called Campi ya Kanzi, near the base of Kilimanjaro. The idea was to use profits from the camp to preserve the environment and to sustain the traditional culture of the Maasai people, who number about 7,000 in that region of Kenya. Four years later, founders Luca Belpietro and Antonella Bonomi created the land trust... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Why No One Talks Back to Cathy Hughes Oct 27, 2009
Otherwise between moments of tracking her diminishing advertising revenue she should best use her pretentious radio rhetoric to rant against the foul lyrics and values that are only a part of what keeps African Americans in the condition of the 'plantation mentality. . (Slate)
Democracy in Africa: A good example Oct 27, 2009
It has been lucky in its mineral wealth, at first shrewdly developed by De Beers, the South African diamond giant. Its population of barely 2m is ethnically pretty homogeneous, whereas most African countries contain a far headier concoction of tribes within boundaries crudely drawn by colonial map-makers ... In South Africa, the continent s most powerful country, where democracy is fairly well established and independent institutions fairly robust, there is no imminent prospect of the African... (The Economist)
African American portraits reflect a vast contribution Oct 27, 2009
For centuries, American society oppressed African-Americans. Yet culturally, without those same African-Americans (Jews, too), America would basically be a wetter Australia or warmer Canada: a stiff, bland Anglo annex ... So much of the energy, richness, and zest that the world has come to associate with American culture has come courtesy of the African-American experience. (Boston Globe)
Zim leaders 'poles apart' Oct 27, 2009
Chamisa said the party was now waiting for a Southern African Development Community (Sadc) meeting in Harare on Thursday to unblock the impasse. "If that fails... a free and fair election under the supervision of the international community, Sadc and the African Union will be the only option. They are facing east and we are facing west," he said ... Following his party's cutting of ties, Tsvangirai snubbed last week's regular meeting with Mugabe and embarked on a regional tour to appeal for... (iAfrica.com)
Is 'eyewitness' guilty? Oct 26, 2009
A South African police officer. Related Articles. (iAfrica.com)
My names Josie... and I have a penis Oct 26, 2009
Yes, that was a quarter of a century ago, but as the case of Caster Semenya - the South African athlete who was just this summer accused of being a man - showed, there remains a suspicion that some change their sex principally for deceitful purposes. Ergo, the transgendered are subconsciously associated with charlatanism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Tunisia's Ben Ali wins fifth mandate Oct 26, 2009
AP Photo - Tunisians prepare to cast their ballot in Tebourba, neighborhood next to the capital, Tunis, in Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, for the North African country's presidential and legislative elections ... AP Photo - Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila salute their supporters in the affluent Carthage neighborhood next to the capital, Tunis, in T 00004000 unisia, Sunday Oct. 25, 2009, as he arrives to cast his ballot for the North African country's presidential... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
White....SHHHH Don't Say That Word Oct 26, 2009
idiots all wrote on Oct 13, 2009 1:06 AM:" What many people who are not a person of color (caucasian) fail to understand clearly is simply this . You come to the table from the position of power because through murder and fear you subjugated other races . Whether or not an african chief captured and sold his like race is irrelevant(that argument is tired) Through superior numbers,violence,and supposedly in the name of god you separated a race of people from their native lands, from their... (New Iberia, LA)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
The Race Relations Board needs to investgate the reason why every night the BBC shows schools in its news items where the majority of the children are from an African or Asian background. Does the BBC do this on purpose or are they just too lazy to film beyond the metropolis around their studio. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Oil And Ghanas Future Lessons to learn Oct 26, 2009
African leadership should discard the idea of winner takes all. It has become the practice of leaders in most African countries to undermine or eliminate those who are not their declared partisans, feeling that those who are not actively for must be presumed to be against, but we can show political maturity if we are able to work with our political opponents without bias or prejudice ... African leaders must learn to work with the opposition. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
How the Government of Ghana and GNPC should ...... Oct 26, 2009
The Human Element Unfortunately, African governments often overlook the human capital element and its importance to the long-term success of business transactions. There are two key human capital issues I want to point out. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Rawlings Faults Support Of Corruption By Development Partners Oct 26, 2009
The former President was delivering the keynote address at the second Pan African Congress in Munich, Germany on Saturday ... When elections in a large and recognised democracy like the United States is seen as doubtful it gives room for some opportunistic African leaders to take a cue ... The former Ghanaian President said it was unfortunate that the West always preferred to impose its version of democracy on the continent and counselled that it was important that individual African countries... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
