Latest posts by Sokari Ekine from May, 2006
Ghana: Social living and cultural change
Koranteng's Toli begins part 9 of his “Things Fall Apart” series – here he looks at “social living” in Ghana (Africa) …”I put this entry under the banner of social living is that this theme is something I want to investigate further filtered through the lens of Ghana, Africa, literature,...
Africa: News Map and Zangu News
White African has found yet another use of google and maps – this time its a map of Africa that you can click on and get updated news. He also announces the start up of Zangu News – News for Africans
South Africa: Names
Lavina Live has a new look blog and writes about naming protocols in South Africa
Africa Day: 25th May 2006
Kenyan blogger, Au Lait is one of the few African bloggers to remember today is Africa Day – 25th May 2006.
Uganda: Journey into Sunset
Black Star Journal points to a “rare” article in the US media on northern Uganda and on a documentary “Journey into Sunset”
Grazing Elephants
Elephants Nasalot, in north western Kenya In the maps Nasalot seems inconsequential, a mere footnote…..Nasalot is a big empty question mark of scrub, howling dust devils and towering termite mounds, which marks the borders of South Turkana with West Pokot and Uganda . Nobody ever comes here. Photo by Ashok...
Botswana: Blogs for Bikes for AIDS
Kona Bike Town Africa is a new blog that blogs about the progress of a new design of Kona bikes especially made for health workers treating HIV/AIDS patients in Botswana.
Africa: World Cup 2006
MentalAcrobatics comments on the African players and teams that will be participating in this year's World Cup next month…..”My predictions are optimistic. I have two African teams going through to the second round. Most people predict a complete blow out with not a single African team making the knock out...
Zimbabwe: Militarization of Agriculture
Enough is Enough comments on Zimbabwean government's attempts to militarize the country's agricultural sector which he says is failing. He adds that Zimbabweans live in fear but we should not mistake that for passiveness or ignorance.
DRC: arrest of mercenaries
Congo Girl reports on the arrest of 32 mercenaries reportedly planning to overthrow the government of the DRC.…Some think the whole thing is a joke whilst others believe the arrested were employed by a security company as a cover for the attempted coup.
Zimbabwe: Arrest of WOZA members
This is Zimbabwe reports on the arrest of 4 women members of WOZA on Monday by Zimbabwean security forces.
Cameroon: Reunification
Scribbles from the Den commemorates the reunification of Cameroon and the advantages to both the English and French speaking regions.
France: Disposable immigrants
Sotho comments on immigration chaos in the US and reports that France faces similar chaos with the enacting of a new law “Use them, abuse them, but at election time tell ‘em to go back “home” since they are occupying jobs that real nationals could be holding.”
Africa: Lacking self-reliance
Africa Unchained points to a feature on Ghana web which accuses Ghanaians (Sub Saharan Africans) of lacking self-reliance and questions African leadership...”The question is, do our leaders have to sit down doing no brain search to find ways to get us out of spoon feeding by others, and feed ourselves?”
Kenya: Banking exclusions
Bankelele comments on the opening of two new banks in Kenya that appear to have tribal and religious affiliations….”Banking is about inclusiveness (for a fee), not discrimination or controversy – and it is in the best interests of the banking sector if these banks are not licensed”
Nigeria: Democracy and voters
Oro comments on the now debunked 3rd term project of President Obasanjo of Nigeria...”Now that we have successfully declared that Nigerians are interested in their own future and are willing to take that same future up by themselves, the onus of the sustainability of democratic growth depends on you and...
Sudan: Living in Southern limbo
The Passion of the Present points to two stories in Newsday on building new lives in post war southern Sudan. No work and no school and little change.
Central African Republic: Street protests against violence
Congo Watch points to an IRIN report on the Central African Republic – 3000 people took to the streets on Friday 19th to protest against the continued violence especially in the North West where some 70,000 are displaced
Pan African consciousness: Malcolm remembered
Afrika-aphukira remembers Malcolm X's birthday. He writes that 41 years after the assassination, Pan-African consciousness is dead and asks “What happened to such a promising start? What can we do today to make pan-Africanism once again the ideological force that it once was?”
Zimbabwe: Remembering Murambatsvina
Operation Drive Out Trash – One Year On – Last year on 18th May the police in Harare began the systematic destruction of what were deemed to be illegal dwellings. In addition street vendors, even those trading legally, were arrested and fined, their wares and assets confiscated. All this was...
Nigeria: Engineer wins award
Ethnic Loft reports that a Nigerian engineer has won a prestigous engineering award the “Total Excellence in Electronic Manufacturing (TEEM) award by the U.S based Society of Manufacturing Engineers.”
