A journey through life
Posted in Africa on Jan 28th, 2009
An increasing number of baby girls in Burkina Faso are being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The country banned the practice in 1991 and offenders risk spending 10 years in prison and paying fines of up to 1500 US dollars. But the government says at least 70 babies were admitted to hospital in the [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 26th, 2009
South Africa and Mali have launched a new library which will preserve thousands of ancient manuscripts from Africa’s past. The hi-tech library, based in the Malian town of Timbuktu, is part of South Africa’s effort to help Mali protect up to 150,000 manuscripts. Some date back to the 13th century. South Africa’s President Kgalema Motlanthe [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 24th, 2009
Liberia’s president has signed a 2.6 billion US dollar deal with a Chinese multinational to develop its main iron ore mine. The investment is the biggest the country has ever signed. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she hoped the investment by China Union Mining Company would encourage other Chinese companies to invest in Liberia. Liberia’s [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 22nd, 2009
My thoughts on yesterdays posting……
Wow!! As a Nigerian I really do not know how best to respond to this severe reproof of our country, our country because I lay claim to a country rich in both agricultural and mineral resources, a great African nation – the giant of Africa. A right conferred by reason of [...]
It is with a certain amount of glee that I write this, even if my musings are tinged with a deep regret.
A deep regret in having to bear a name that clearly identifies me as a 419ner, a moniker that ensures that I cannot deny an ancestral lineage that is deeply rooted in cowardice, sheer [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 15th, 2009
Over 100 former slave families in Mauritania are struggling to adapt to independent life, two years after setting up their own community. The families moved away from the southern Mauritanian village in which their ancestors had been slaves for generations to begin new lives on their own. But they say life has been tough in [...]
Posted in Women on Jan 10th, 2009
Nike Okundaye is one of Nigeria’s prominent Art ambassadors, having taken Nigerian Art and forms to all parts of the world.
With the death of her mother at just six, Nike was brought up by her Grandmother who started teaching her the art of weaving, a traditional practice of the family for generations. Originally, from Kogi [...]
Posted in Immigration on Jan 9th, 2009
“My journey to Nigeria began about five years ago on an invitation by senior officials to manage project development and financing in various sectors,” says Greek-born photographer Victor Politis, “My first visits were to Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja. Trips to all three places told a common story: the people of Nigeria have nothing to [...]
