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· February, 2006

Stories about Ethnicity & Race from February, 2006

A Look at the Syrian Blogsphere

After a tense month of anti-violence campaigns, the Syrian blogsphere seemed to be quite calm this week… Discussions revolved about the new step from the US to give a $5...

Written by Yazan Badran
26 February 2006

Ukraine: Two Babushkas

Stefan of Dykun continues with his Ukrainian grandmother‘s story: how the languages and dialects Baba Omaha can speak – Ukrainian Poltava and Ukrainian Galician, Polish, Czech, Russian, German and Belarusian...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
24 February 2006

Rwanda: problems with reconciliation

Rwandan Survivors publishes “An account of massacre & Problems with reconciliation“……..”There are still people with such bestial hearts; people who killed. You can tell they would do it again. Reconciliation...

Written by Sokari Ekine
24 February 2006

Nigeria: British racism

Nigerian blogger in London, Silent Storms in an Ocean of One comments on racism in Britain through his own personal experience.

Written by Sokari Ekine
24 February 2006

Diaspora: Racism

African Immigrants reporting from Australia writes that the Australian government is demanding the new immigrants accept Aussie values.….”He has bluntly warned the radical Muslims and other migrants to respect the...

Written by Sokari Ekine
24 February 2006

South Africa – far right pt politics

Moral Fibre reports on the African Christian Democratic Party – the party that refused to accept the SA constitution in 1995 – “Like the Nazi Party abusing the democratic system...

Written by Sokari Ekine
21 February 2006

African women blogging this week

As per usual, African women have blogged about a variety of issues over the last week. Incidences of violence are rising in Uganda as the country prepares to hold general...

Written by Nish Matenjwa
20 February 2006

Barbados: Hair history

“It never ceases to amaze me how so many people (i.e causian folks) don't have a clue regarding black hair,” says Campfyah, who traces the trajectory of her hair and...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
16 February 2006

World Chechnya Day 2006

David McDuff at A Step At A Time alerts his readers to the upcoming World Chechnya Day, to be marked on Feb. 23, 2006, in order to recognize “the suffering...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
16 February 2006

Costa Rica vibrates with the Central American Music Festival

Feet are fiddling and fingers are drumming as many Costa Ricans wait for the PapayaFest, Papaya Music's tribute to San José as the 2006 Latin American Culture Capital, to begin on February 16th. Papaya Music is a Central American effort to unite musicians, researchers and producers who wish to bring traditional and popular composers into greater visibility and younger generation's attention.

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra
15 February 2006

Racial diversity in London

Soul on Ice discusses racial diversity in London……….”Pakistanis hate Indians for some obscure reason. Jamaicans dislike Nigerians who have nothing good to say about them. People of Jewish extraction are...

Written by Sokari Ekine
14 February 2006

Caribbean: Racism in cricket?

Trinidadian journalist Vaneisa Baksh joins the debate on racism in cricket going on at the Cricinfo – Wicket to Wicket blog with a susbstantial article which concludes that, while racism...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
14 February 2006

Ethiopia: Message to the youth

Ethiopian Politics writes a message to Ethiopian youth asking them not to make the same mistakes as older generations…..”These are the pitfalls my generation has fallen prey to, but you...

Written by Sokari Ekine
14 February 2006

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