Looking at the way a new dawn is unfolding in Maghreb, one can comfortable assert that this is but the beginning of a new dawn for Africa and the Middle East. It kicked off from Tunisia where a 23 years dictator was impelled to flee. This guy, Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali was a master of [...]
Archive for January, 2011
“DC a Sign of Our Nation’s Times” by Lisa Fritsch
Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Family, Family, Lisa Fritsch, Project 21, United States on January 28, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Op-ed submission by Project 21 Our nation’s capital exemplifies what America can become, but not in a good way. Results from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey finds abysmally high percentages of single-parent households in underprivileged neighborhoods. As the District of Columbia is a special federal enclave under congressional control, it presents a perfect opportunity for the [...]
Samuel Yette and The Choice: Black Survival in the United States
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2011 | 8 Comments »
From Black Agenda Report (BAR): Samuel Yette and The Choice: Black Survival in the United States. “Samuel Yette died last week and the choice he wrote of, a choice long ago reached by this country, is a choice we’ve still not caught up to. It is a choice of this nation to more or less [...]
Jazzuloo: inner rhythms of the jazz melodies in my mind
Posted in African Diaspora, Critical Thinking, Jazzuloo, Leadership, Life on January 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s time to return to blogging from a more personal perspective on a consistent basis, so I have a new blog home: Jazzuloo. It won’t be AfroSpear-lite, so there will be little cross-posting. Click on the image below and come visit from time to time.
“Things fall apart in Tanzania” by Nkwazi Mhango
Posted in Africa, African Politics, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Exploitation, Jakaya Kikwete, Nkwazi Mhango, Tanzania on January 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
What transpired in Tanzania on 5th January tells it all. The “Peace-and-tranquillity” mantra that rulers have always sold is no more. It was reported that three people were killed by police when they were quashing a peaceful demonstration orchestrated by Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) in the northern city of Arusha. Many other people [...]
Drapetomania…Catch it if you Can!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2011 | 38 Comments »
“Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race,” by Dr. Cartwright DRAPETOMANIA, OR THE DISEASE CAUSING NEGROES TO RUN AWAY. It is unknown to our medical authorities, although its diagnostic symptom, the absconding from service, is well known to our planters and overseers… In noticing a disease not heretofore classed among the long list of maladies [...]
Independent Woman? Really?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I was at brother Spencer’s blog, The Warrior Poet, reading his Spencerism’s dated January 19, 2011. He’s a Christian man who blogs about his opinion on a number of interesting subjects. His post on Women and Independence was quite interesting to me and I wanted to share what he had to say about it. His take [...]
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