Stories from 10 February 2006
DR, USA: Deejay documetary
Sr. Diaz posts his 14-minute documentary (ES) on New York-based Dominican deejay DJ Chucky.
Guyana: A local Muslim on the cartoons
Guyanese Muslim blogger Qays finally weighs in on the Danish cartoons issue. “Could it really have been something as insolent and flippant as “testing the boundaries of free speech?” he says. “I just can’t comprehend that level of idleness. And I’m from the third world.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Janet Jackson not a Soca Warrior
The Trinidad & Tobago World Cup Blog links to a newspaper article stating that Janet Jackson has cancelled her appearance at a Carnival party organized to raise funds for the Soca Warriors, Trinidad & Tobago's national football team, who will be participating in the World Cup this year in Germany....
Trinidad & Tobago: Rapso as inspiration
Writing about a concert by the Trinidadian rapso group 3canal, Nicholas Laughlin seizes the opportunity to rant about the current political situation.
Collectively At Hyundai In China
Jamie on Two Koreas considers it significant that the All China Federation of Trade Unions is pressuring for a collective bargaining agreement at Hyundai's China operation , even though China restricts collective union actions.
Martinique, Guadeloupe: UDF visit
Le Blog de l'UDF, the blog of a French centrist party, reports (FR) its leader Francois Bayrou's visit to French overseas departments Martinique and Guadeloupe. In his post-visit press conference Bayrou cited the unaddressed psychological consequences of slavery, rampant unemployment, a banana industry crisis, immigration from neighboring Caribbean nations, and...
Taiwan Strikes Back, With Pixels
Tim Maddog on Indiac rebukes China's claims of being “peaceful” in a recent white paper, by citing Taiwan's white paper on China's rise and adding his own commentary.
Which Is Better – A Boy or A Girl?
The news of Japan's Princess Kiko being pregnant makes the writer of The Asia Pages a little nervous. If she will have a son, “what will happen to all the progress Japan has made in regards to warming up to the idea of having a female empress“?
India: Mumbai Calling
India: Mumbai Calling
Who Is “Better”?
John at Sinosplice is not sure how to best explain to his Chinese students in English “the difference between ‘value to society’ and ‘inherent human worth’“. Readers debate whether this is a linguistic or cultural problem.
Nigeria: against evangelist intent
Naijablog has a quote from a discussion between Wole Soyinka and Ulli Beier which he says “which should serve as a message to anyone primed with evangelist intent” ….Soyinka “The person who needs to convert others is a creature of total insecurity”
Ethiopia: winter olympics
Ethioblog writes on Ethiopian cross country skier, Robel Teklemariam who will be the only Ethiopian and possibly African participating at this months Winter Olympics …..”Robel Teklemariam said he hopes his countrymen's long-distance records on the track will translate into success in the cross-country skiing events.”
Nigeria: Art & Literature
Musings of a Naijaman points to the African regional Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book and other African literary and art links.
Kenya: Anglo Leasing
You Missed This goes behind the scenes in Kenya and asks what role foreign powers had/have in Kenya? Did they play a part in exposing the Anglo-Leasing scandal?
Togo: Government talks with opposition.
Yebo Gogo reports that the Government of Togo has agreed to talks with the country's opposition He suspects that this mainly to encourage European aid to flow into the country.
Zimbabwe: urban nightmares
Zimbabwean Pundit reminds us that for Zimbabwe's displaced urban dwellers, life has not changed …..”Large portions of Zimbabwe's urban dwellers continue to live undocumented lives outside of the meagre infrustructural support offered by the failing government.”
Malawi: mental colonisation and food
Afrika-aphukira discusses food as a measure of the level of mental colonisation which can be seen by the different foods Malawians eat at home and what they eat outside. “In our homes, we eat foods such as nsima, beans, mfutso, masamba otendera, nsomba, among many others, while in our hotels...
Kenya: Power of the vote
MentalAcrobatics reminds Kenyans of the 2002 “watershed” elections and the power that voters had “The power of the ballot was born. All of a sudden people realised, “Hey this kura of mine can change things.” We should remember just what a leap that was.”
Somaliland: 2006 budget
Voice of Somaliland Diaspora – Ottawa assesses the annual budget speech by the Minister Of Finance To Parliament
Kenya: Githongo scandal
Ethan, My Hearts in Accra, has a roundup of the Kenyan reaction to the Githongo scandal.
Cambodia: Scary Movie
KhmerAK watches a Cambodian horror movie and gives the plot away: “Srey Neang become a very Scary Ghost!!! She go back to village and kill peoople who have killed her family!…Nobody can stop her!!!”
