Satire

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi speaks very good english

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi speaks very good english

An intelligent dictator in my view point is as incandescently oxymoronic as an idiot savant, a fine mess, a little pregnant, or accurate rumors....
Ethiopian asceticism from India: Could this be the way out?

Ethiopian asceticism from India: Could this be the way out?

The last of my three part series deals with asceticism as practiced in India, especially after Yogi Prahlad Jani's 70 year fast. It holds...
Ethiopian government goes bankrupt: Could this be the way out?

Ethiopian government goes bankrupt: Could this be the way out?

The second of my three part series, exposing some of our problems and what could be a possible way out, seeks to explore the...
Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?

Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?

Some people accuse us old guards of not adopting new ways and new solutions even to old and persistent problems and I think it...
Zenawi versus Zuma: ‘Ze burlesque follies’ of Africa

Zenawi versus Zuma: ‘Ze burlesque follies’ of Africa

From Zenawi to Zuma, the follies of Africa are ably translated by the great continent’s presidents and prime ministers; those power mongers hellbent on...
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Africa’s Woes and Jokes

“The time has come, » the Walrus said, “To talk of many things; Of shoes and ships—and sealing wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling...
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Africa in the European Union

Unexpected things are happening all over the world, especially amidst Africans. That the King of Swaziland got married to yet another eighteen year old...
Meism: A definitive exposition of a Liberian socio-political phenomenon

Meism: A definitive exposition of a Liberian socio-political phenomenon

Capitalism Socialism Communism: These are all socio-political systems of varied origins that espouse different methodologies practiced in nations the world over. In Liberia we...
Zubin Cooper

Devil’s Advocate: Random Thoughts

I come from a country that has been shattered by violence and war, much of that I have witnessed and participated in. I was...
Will Castrating Tyrants Help?

Will Castrating Tyrants Help?

The rest of the world has not got it yet. Many still think that Africa's major problems concern famine, AIDS, conflicts and wars, poverty,...
Bush Diaries Found in the Back of New York Cab!

Bush Diaries Found in the Back of New York Cab!

On the anniversary of Obama's election victory George Bush's secret diaries reveal how close US came to attacking Iran Rumours that George W Bush is...
AIDS

Time to brand them all: AIDS, Tyrants, Talibans…

There is a time to die and a time to live (in Africa there is always more time to die) but there is also...
Africa: Begging 101

Africa: Begging 101

I am sure there are a lot of people who think that begging needs no training, all you have to do is look miserly...
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Laughter is the best medicine

Africans may be miserable and subjected to poverty but they are on the whole nice people forever thinking of the welfare of others even...