The second scramble for Africa starts
By Julio Godoy
Updated May 5, 2009 - 3:45:49 PM
The second scramble for Africa starts
BERLIN (IPS) - Sub-Saharan African countries have of late become the target of a new form of investment that is strongly reminiscent of colonialism: investors from both industrialized and emerging economies buy or lease large tracts of [...]

There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then [...]

Western media depiction of African affairs — Part 1 Vincent Magombe Ebere Nzewuji Ben TV Vuyiswa Ngqobongwana.

Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in [...]

Vogue’s Beyonce Cover, Racist?
Posted by: Annika Harris | Filed in: News & Culture
5:30PM, Tuesday March 17th 2009

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Some folks have gotten their panties in a bunch over Beyonce’s cover for the “Shape Issue” of Vogue. Beyonce is one of only five black women to grace the cover of Vogue [...]

I’m browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i’m sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy.
I’m also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service.
BBake at www.bbake.com will allow you to [...]

By SARAH MOORE
April, 19, 2009
A free African-American in 1836 rendered “valuable assistance” to the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, according to a historical marker on his grave near Nacogdoches.
Records show that William E. Goyens and many others -slaves and freemen and indentured servants - all were involved in the revolution 173 years ago.
But in [...]

Edmund Standing, April 19th 2009, 4:07 pm
What the BNP’s ‘modernisation’ reveals about modern Britain
The BNP’s rebranding strategy reveals something very interesting about Britain, and white British people in particular. For years, by promoting ‘racial nationalism’, the BNP remained an utterly marginal organisation, largely attracting hardcore racists, skinheads, and social misfits. The fact that the BNP [...]

Even though it is the least integrated with the global economy, Africa may be the worst hit region by the global economic crisis. Each of the four channels through which the crisis is affecting Africa has a particularly nefarious impact.
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MAERSK-ALABAMA CAPTAIN RESCUED BY REAR ADM. MICHELLE HOWARD’S SHIP

Whoa!
Nope, this is one you SURE DIDN’T HEAR on the news. The ship that rescued the Maersk-Alabama’s captain was skippered by a BLACK FEMALE REAR ADMIRAL? Get OUT of here!
If you’re like me, you briefly saw her in some news clips, and (like me) probably figured she [...]