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Year 3 of the AfroSpear!

Posted in Activism, Africa, African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Critical Thinking, Culture, Knowledge, Leadership, Life on March 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »

YES! It’s been 3 years already… and counting! Much love and appreciation to all our contributors, commentators, visitors and supporters over these 3 years!

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Beauty: The Versatility of Natural Hair

Posted in AfroSphere, tagged beauty, Natural Hair on March 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »

{images from Arise magazine} The natural hair shots here are almost aerodynamic in their structure and dimenson. The saturated colour of her lipstick and her accessories clashes in majestic harmony with the crown of gorgeous Afro hair. With the natural hair the possibilities for beauty are endless. I am biased though. I’ve been part of [...]

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sat’day riddymz

Posted in Afrobeat, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Music, sat'day riddymz, YouTube, Zamajobe on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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AFRICOM: The expansion of US military interests on African soil

Posted in Africa, AFRICOM, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Désiré Katihabwa, Geopolitics, Imperialism, Neo-Colonialism, News, U.S.A, War, YouTube on March 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Désiré Katihabwa for forwarding these videos.

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Ann Coulter’s Canadian Adventure

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Ann Coulter, Canada, Conservatism, Critical Thinking, Education, Knowledge, U.S.A on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

American conservative, so-called “right-wing”, political commentator Ann Coulter is on a speaking tour of Canadian universities this week. Known for her controversial, sound bite type comments, she didn’t fail to live up to her billing when asked by a Muslim student about her previous statements that Muslims who feel unfairly profiled in regards to air travel, can take “flying carpets” instead. The student asked that [...]

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Byts and Bytes: Black to the future

Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, African Leadership Academy, African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Byts and Bytes, Critical Thinking, Fihankra International, hip hop music, Leadership, Senegal, Serena Williams, Tavis Smiley, Tom Burrell on March 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »

It’s been a while since I dropped a post. I’ve primarily been busy being a husband, father and worker (in that order). The little free time I do have, I’ve been spending reading, as well as watching documentaries, movies, HardTalk (on BBC World), Tavis Smiley and Glenn Beck (more on him in an upcoming post). In a [...]

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“Yar’Adua needs to be freed from Turai and Co.” by Nkwazi Mhango

Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Geopolitics, Leadership, Nigeria, Nkwazi Mhango, Turai Yar’Adua, Umar Musa Yar'Adua on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Reports that Nigeria ailing president was on 24 Feb., smuggled into Nigeria at small hours without acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan being aware are disgusting. To add salt to injuries it’s said Jonathan did not even authorize the army to line up Abuja streets at the time his boss was secretly arrived. What’s more, the [...]

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“Kagame must reconcile with Rwandans” by Nkwazi Mhango

Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Critical Thinking, Geopolitics, Leadership, Nkwazi Mhango, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Yoweri Museveni on March 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »

What betided Rwanda recently shows that Rwandan President Paul Kagame is slowly losing his grip on power and Rwandans. Reports that former chief of staff Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa fled Rwanda to South Africa will have telling effects and have a lot to do with the weathering of Kagame’s power. However bad Kagame seems to be [...]

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