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The Cycle of Civilization and the Emperor's New Clothes
As a young African in Europe, eager to use this exposure to the best cultural
centers on this planet to know the ways of this world, I took to reading a lot. Exposure to the writings of Nietzsche never gave me the feeling of meeting a like spirit, even if I discovered that I ponder much the same thoughts as he does, in much the same way that he does.
Rather, bossed around and belittled in menial labor environments, condescended upon and ignored by fellow university students, discovery that my very thoughts, to the last line, were in the writings of the man those who were prone to look down upon my intellectual capacities held in high regard, thoughts I knew they could not produce as easily as I could, gave me a kind of justified pride, allowed me to see the truth behind this superiority.
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Western Plot, African Actors: The Shackle On Good Sense
A thorough reading of most articles concerning the AU, of the actual mission and vision statement and reproductions hereof, of perceived faults and dangers that could lie lurking along the way, leaves as much to be desired as a single article entitled "Will the African Union Move Further Than the OAU By Abolishing Senseless, Artificial Borders?" by The Daily News in Harare, Zimbabwe, published on July 4, 2002. Where the one fails to inform, the others do, and where the first sees the importance of organizing according to importance, the others don't.
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Mugabe Is Not For Sale
Imagine the millions of dollars Mugabe stands to gain if he turned his back on his own people and sold them down the river into slavery. Imagine the ease with which he could do this, and the obvious advantages: the open bank accounts abroad, the flows of cash from investors, from diamond smugglers, etc. Mugabe, today's most outspoken African leader, is actually, evidently not for sale. He is definitely not dancing to a foreign beat. He is his own man, setting his own rules in his own country.
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Why Are The Dying Singing And Dancing
By Mukazo Mukazo Vunda
Passages from a Dickens novel reveal profound knowledge of human nature, European in particular. Dickens wasn't fooled by appearances, for example. Unlike the many who had what he termed as "the forgetful nature of human beings", he could clearly see into the true nature of a neat clad, english gentleman, however misleading the current world mood was. He had witnessed such men turn from impressive, good mannered, educated fellows into murderous monsters at a moment's notice, especially in times of war.
He lived from 1812 to 1870, way before the major world wars, but his observations are repeated time and time again in the first and second world wars, and are valid even today. His observations are especially true for a country known for it's technical sophistication today.
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The Fallacy of Laser Wielding Alliens
A week ago, I was listening to a BBC radio broadcast, as I usually do when tucked up in bed. It helps put me to sleep. The program that was airing at the time was about science and discovery. The topic was the Dogon tribe in Africa.
I thought it was going to be the usual stuff that the BBC is always broadcasting about Africa in the realm of science and discoveries; a new wind-up radio that works without batteries, a cheap, fuel efficient car that could be very effective in Africa, a new, cheap, more effective medicine for malaria, and the like.
What I heard, however, shocked the daylights out of me. more...
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