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Tabaski Redux
The saying, “it’s the thought that counts,” sounds generous and openhearted in the United States. It sounds laughable in Africa, at least at Tabaski....
Black African presence in Mexico: A pictorial delight
'The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present’ is an exhibition that throws a pictorial light on the history of the black...
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
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...
Miss Model of The World: A Franco-African wins the coveted title
Last Thursday, 20 year old Emene Nyame was crowned Miss “Model of the World” She is one of the rare beauties to have won...
Spain: Nobel Prize nominee dying for freedom
The hunger-strike of Nobel Prize nominee Aminatou Haidar has drawn the attention of the world to the plight of Western Sahara, but at what...
Movies: The Male Domination or The Time Traveler’s Wife?
What film are you planning on seeing this weekend? You may be thinking of seeing either The Male Domination or The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Using...
Tabaski, Thanksgiving: Back to Back
The moon and sun align this year to bring two holidays together: the Muslim feast of Tabaski (also called Eid al-Adha and Aïd el-Kebir)...
A serious French identity crisis: Who do you think you are?
In the old musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, there is the chorus that sings the question: Jesus Christ, Superstar, who do you think you are?...
The N’ko Alphabet: Literacy by and for West Africans
In October 2009, I came to Mali to learn to read. This may come as a surprise since West Africa is supposedly the world’s...
Murder In The First
Today, I learned that a gentleman in our church took his life. I hardly knew the man, indeed, I have no recollection of his...
Sex, Rock and High Heels
"...Nobody holds a candle to me
In my red high heels..."
Kellie Pickler, “Red High Heels”
I’ve always been a sucker for high-heeled shoes. Long,...
Rihanna: A Glamorous and Angry Diva
Rihanna is not just an angry woman but also the most “Glamorous woman of the Year”, according to U.S. magazine Glamour. Glamour and Diva...
Michelle Obama on Mr. Right
The U.S. first lady is a real wealth of wisdom and a mine of good counsel. In the latest issue of Glamour magazine, Michelle...
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...
Mark ‘Obama’ Ndesandjo: My first impression of the President’s brother
“Gosh, he’s not half as impressive as his brother!” was what I said to myself when I first tried listening to Mark Obama Ndesanjo:...
Structuralism ‘au village’: An Obituary for Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the twentieth century’s most revered intellectuals, died October 29 at the age of 100. He is best known...
WiMax: Revolutionizing mobile phones and internet access in Africa
“Africa Com”, the largest communications event in Africa, was held this November in Cape Town. Among the many conferences and technical demonstrations, one in...
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!
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...
Guinea: Sacrifice, University Style
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, a woman from Kankan, Guinea came to the University of Kankan to tell administrators about a dream she had....
The Great Deception: The Myth of a Non-Homosexual Africa
During the recent Synod of African Bishops in Rome, it appears the issue of homosexuality in Africa assumed some major significance. Archbishop Robert Sarah,...
U.S. dollars and a world of proxy cocaine users!
It simply beats my imagination as to how every single U.S. citizen has already handled cocaine or risks handling it in the very near...
Exorcism, Malian Style
Then came the exorcisms. Pastor Michel performed at least ten. They unfolded with great drama. Most began with women—or in one case a young...
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...
Seckou Keita Quintet – Gig Review
Clutching her walking stick, 80 year-old Audrey Federa from Worthing, scuttles to the front of the small Italianate-style church in Brighton, and starts girating...
Craving more international channels
For years, only two satellite TV packages have been commercialized in Africa: DStv Multichoice for English-language channels and CanalSat Horizons for the French part....
Guinea Calling
In early April, two hungry students in Kankan went frog hunting at night in a nearby village. The Vice Rector for Teaching, Marcel Haba,...
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...
Vogue France racist or artistic?
The latest issue of the French edition of Vogue magazine, "Special top-model," is the cause of a thunderous hue and cry over a racial...