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R.S.V.P. (Rice and Stew Very Plenty) |
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Written by Blessing Agunwamba
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:31 |
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An R.S.V.P. at the base of a party or wedding invitation is commonly translated to: Please Reply (from the French répondez s'il vous plait.) Nigerians however, read a different meaning: "Rice and Stew Very Plenty." After all, who would want to come to your wedding if they are not guaranteed to sample plates upon plates of this staple dish!
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 08:02 |
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Written by Nana Boakye
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:29 |
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I set off for my Princeton in Africa experience in Addis Ababa with no expectations of grappling with questions of dual identity, as a Ghanaian-American.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 08:03 |
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Can You Hear Me Now? The Cell Phone Boom in East Africa |
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Written by David Walter
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:27 |
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By now, the general contours of East Africa’s communication boom are well-known: how in just a few years millions of people, rich and poor, rural and urban, have embraced cheap cell phone technology in ways that have revolutionized the region’s economy from the ground up.
It certainly seems a feel-good success story in the best “And they said it would never happen!” vein. Despite the fact that the vast majority of East Africans live without electricity, cell phones have become firmly enmeshed in the fabric of Tanzanian, Kenyan, and Ugandan society (thanks in part, as the New York Timesreported, to the ingenious use of mobile car-battery charging stations).
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 08:05 |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:22 |
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Uwem Akpan, a Nigerian born Jesuit priest, with a MFA in Michigan, now teaches in Zimbabwe. “Say You're One of Them” is his first collection of stories and a brilliant start to his career. Set in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Benin, each story is told from the perspective of a child who is caught up in a world of poverty, corruption and violence. Although fiction, the work stems from personal research of children in each area. Through stunning prose and heart-wrenching imagery, Akpan paints a sad but at times beautiful picture of hope and incredible resilience from the smallest and too often forgotten victims of Africa's conflicts.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s second novel takes the reader on an emotional ride into a nation on the brink of war and follows the characters as they experience the traumas of warfare and live in aftermath of the horrors witnessed. Although this novel is based on the Nigerian-Biafra war, its message transcends local strife and speaks to holistic human experiences of suffering, death, and despair, but concludes with a ray of hope. This is a must read for anyone ready to learn more about the world through a page-turning historical fiction novel.
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin is a Zimbabwe-born author who currently writes for the New York Times and teaches at Columbia University. “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun” is his latest and possibly his most spectacular work to date. The novel describes the author’s experiences as he lived between his homes in Zimbabwe and New York City during the brutal expropriation of white-owned farmland all over Zimbabwe that began in 2000. Godwin writes a dazzling and harrowing memoir that exquisitely weaves the daily lives of his family and friends into the overall Zimbabwean situation to produce a work that not only relays the astonishing facts and figures, but also employs a level of chilling personalization.
The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski traveled to Ethiopia in the wake of the coup that marked the end of Emperor Haile Selassie’s forty-four year reign. “The Emperor” examines the final days of Haile Selassie’s rule told through the voices of members of the imperial court. At times outlandish, funny, and unbelievable, and at other points tragic and poignant, these accounts paint a striking picture of a man who went from near god-hood to imprisonment and death in his own Grand Palace. |
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My Love for Afrika is Undiluted |
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Written by Junior P. Juma
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Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:55 |
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Africa,
The Greeks called you Ethiopia—
The kingdom of the burned faces
You sent Aesop to tell fables
You gave Alexandria to teach
Aristotle, Pythagoras,
Plato…all they needed to know.
Indeed, those were the days when men
“Looked to Egypt for all their lore”.
Today you’re a divided land
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 08:06 |
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