MEDICALISATION OF FGM
RIGHTS-KENYA: A Disturbing Trend in Female Genital Mutilation New trends in FGM Medical doctors, health workers and nurses are now performing FGM in countries such as Egypt, Sudan & Kenya usually girls from wealthy families whilst poor familites still use…
Black Women Ignore Many of Media’s Beauty Ideals
Black Women Ignore Many of Media’s Beauty Ideals It seems us Black women not only have better body images than white women but are not so influenced by the media’s push for women to be thin. So good news –…
Condaleezza and her Stupid White Men
allAfrica.com: Sullivan Summit Dinner To Honor Dr. Condoleezza Rice And Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Ms Rice being honoured for "Honored for her courageous leadership and fierce commitment to her ideals and principles, Dr. Rice exemplifies the vision of the Leon…
AIDS IN NIGERIA
According to Nigeria World Columminst AIDS in Nigeria is now an Epidemic. Well a bit late but nevertheless lets go with that. According to Mr O Obasanjo HIV/AIDS is actually dwindling This Day June 5thWhat a load of nonsense Mr…
Nigeria Strikes
Well it seems it is actually going to happen – NIGERIANS ARE GOING ON STRIKE – and about time too. “Union lieaders said there was nothing government could now do, short of immediately slashing prices, to avert a shutdown“ There…
My books – Intro
I love books, not all books, but a lot. I like literature, I like poetry, I like so much but I dont much like pulp fiction or the kind of crap you get at the airport or train station like,…
Dirty Ronnie is Dead
AlterNet: 66 (Unflattering) Things About Ronald Reagan 66 (Unflattering) Things About Ronald ReaganBy David Corn, The NationJune 6, 2004
jean michel basquiat
John-Michel Basquiat: 1960-1988.His words like his work are subversive and he always went for the jugular. Its all mixed up but you get the meaning. Q: How long does it take to get famous JMB: 4 yeas – 6 to…
Reading Now! Guns Germs & Steel
I started reading (birthday present) “Guns Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond, about 3 weeks ago. Normally I read quite fast and initially that was the case with this book….
Granddaddy Rice
let me be honest i cannot stand condoleeza rice even her name irks me. But I still wonder about some of the stuff I read on the internet about her, who writes it and why? Yes OK Rumsfield (RumBum) is…
Testimonies of Women
Testimonies of Women are both acts of resistance and acts of solidarity. The women writing in the Testimonies below are all part of the communities of suffering and resistance that exist throughout the world. Although the testimonies of the women…
“I think we should kill them” Kill who? Muslims
Report in the Boston Globe 27th April – a bit out of date but I am new to this and I thought this gives an interesting insight into the minds of some Americans. The extract is from a programme hosted…
Mandela Retires
"Don’t call me, I’ll call you" (Reuters, Guardian) It seems the Old Man Africa has finally finally retired at 86. I remember the day he was released, standing outside the South African high commission in Trafalgar Sq London with two…
Darfur – road to death – 300,000 may die
“Thousands starving in Dafur” As usual African is forgotten by its own and by the international community who are totally engrossed in Iraq, Islam and war on terror the cost of which is partly responsble for the failure of donar…
“Peace” in Niger Delta?
Peace deal in Nigerian Oil Town "The agreement between the Itsekiri and Ijaw ethnic groups is supposed to end seven years of warring, which has badly disrupted oil production in the area". Behind this so called "peace deal" between the…
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