Written by Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe FOR the West's leading news organisations (CNN, BBC, International Herald Tribune, Reuters, Associated Press, Fox News, Yahoo! News, etc., etc), the recent commemoration of 50 years of Ghana's restoration-of-independence (after the British conquest and occupation) occasioned, once again, the increasing absurdity that underscores these agencies' … [Read more...] about What is “sub-Sahara Africa”?
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Africa Must Produce or Perish
Written by Philip Emeagwali Excerpted from a speech delivered by Philip Emeagwali to the African community in Valencia, Spain on May 11, 2008. The entire transcript and video are posted at emeagwali.com.Imagine that it is May 25, 2063, the 100th anniversary of Africa Day, a day for reflecting on Africa’s successes and failures. The newspaper headline announces, “Last … [Read more...] about Africa Must Produce or Perish
BEYOND THE LAST COMPUTER
Written by Philip Emeagwali Excerpted from a lecture delivered by Philip Emeagwali at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago on June 8, 2008.I felt the hard, cold steel of a gun against the back of my head. I spun around and saw my assailant’s finger shaking on the trigger: “Don't run or I'll shoot you,” he said. I was just 14 years old, and death was a … [Read more...] about BEYOND THE LAST COMPUTER
Nigeria: A Case of Political Abattoir
Written by Sunny Lawrence-Oputa It was the famous poet, Robert Burns that said, “Man’s inhumanity to man, makes countless thousands mourn.” Inhumanity is callousness, deprivation, oppression or an ungodly act of one man to another. It is an epitome of cave-man’s mentality; a dysfunctional behavior that should be shunned in any civilized society. Therefore, the brutality that … [Read more...] about Nigeria: A Case of Political Abattoir
NIGERIA AND ECOWAS REACT TO GUINEAN COUP
NIGERIA AND ECOWAS REACT TO GUINEAN COUP 01.11.09 Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe told a meeting of ECOWAS foreign ministers in Abuja, "We cannot walk away from the challenges of assisting the authorities in Guinea to return to constitutionality. In the African spirit of being our brother's keeper, ECOWAS shall support and reward every sincere move in Guinea to ensure … [Read more...] about NIGERIA AND ECOWAS REACT TO GUINEAN COUP