Stories from 20 January 2006
Nigeria: Poetry
Molara Wood has an excerpt from a novel by British/Ghanian poetNii Ayikwei Parkes – a novel in progress.
Ethiopia: thoughts on motherhood
Weichegud! ET Politics comments on an interview she watched on US TV with actress Felicity Huffman who recently became a mother. Huffman through the spanner in the works by coming...
Malawi: Giving birth
Babycatcher - midwife based in Malawi writes movingly on the death of a 17 year old woman during child birth…..“The 17-year-old mother died under our noses and now I’m trying...
DRC: Patrice Lumumba
The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen reminds us that we should not forget Patrice Lumumba...”Today, I say SHAME to Belgium for having killed this man, and SHAME to...
South Africa: 4 years in London
One Afrikan celebrates 4 years of living in London.….”If anything, the past 4 years have been something of a pilgrimage, and with any pilgrimage (not that I’ve done one mind)...
Eritrea: Press freedom
EMDHR from Eritrea writes on the lack of press freedom in Eritrea….”Nowadays, in Eritrea, the government in power controls the mass media. Newspapers, radio and television stations are predominantly government...
Malawi: Impeachment withdrawn
Anti-Bakili Muluzi reports on the move by a MP to withdraw the impeachment notice against President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi
Mixed musings from Southern Africa
There's never a dull moment in South African politics. It's January and we already have our first political scandal of the year. Every political scandal gets a name – most...
Views from the Horn of Africa
The blogosphere in the Horn of Africa and Sudan has been awash with discussions spanning the realms of culture and politics. One common feature, which seems to have arisen amongst...
Bermuda: Commentary & cloning
The Limey abandons the idea of guest contributors and invites readers instead to send in their comments by e-mail. He's already received two responses. And Valentine Michael Smith announces that...
Caribbean: Introducing Indigo Leaf magazine
Karen Walrond unveils her ambitious new venture, a Salon.com type web site called Indigo Leaf magazine featuring work by writers and artists previously unpublished in the US.
Bahamas: House arrest
“At the time of this writing a convicted murderer escaped from the prison is still on the loose in Nassau and our son and I are at home with the...
Grenada: Day of protest
YingYang reports that today, trade unions in Grenada will be observing a day of protest in reaction to a Reconstruction Levy being imposed by the government. The bus associations are...
Jamaica: Homosexuality & politics
Stunner attempts to set the record straight on Jamaica's attitude toward homosexuality. “Yes homosexuality is illegal in Jamaica,” he says “and it ought to remain like that! Like me most...
Dominican Republic: Country's first podcast coming soon
Remolacha.net announces that the Dominican Republic's first podcast will be coming soon.
Iran: Stencils of Islamic Revolution
Iran graffiti exposes a couple of stencils (Persian) of Islamic Revolution on the walls. There are images of Khomeini & Beheshti.
