Wangari Maathai became very involved in politics, joining the boards of a number of organizations such as the National Council of Women of Kenya. She became the director of the Kenyan Red Cross Society and was a member of the Kenya Association of University Women. In addition she was also a member of the Environment Liason Center which worked [...]
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Wangari Maathai, What a Warrior Looks Like pt2
Posted in Activism, African Women, Kenya, Nobel Peace Prize, Politics, Tree Planting, Women on April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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Posted in Africa, African Women, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Books, Chimamanda Adichie, Critical Thinking, Culture, Education, Knowledge, Life, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Western Sahara another shame-cum-thorn for AU” by Nkwazi N. Mhango
Posted in Africa, African Union, African Women, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Aminatou Haidar, Exploitation, Geopolitics, Life, Morocco, News, Nkwazi Mhango, Politics, Western Sahara on December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mwl. Julius Nyerere, the founder of Tanzania once said: “Africa won’t be totally and truly independent until all African countries and Africans are free.” His vision of freedom was not confined within boundaries and flags but the whole mankind. He leapfrogged almost all thinkers as far as independence is concerned. To him freedom was a [...]
Caster Semenya determined to be a woman… and a man
Posted in African Women, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Caster Semenya, Life, Media, News, South Africa, Sports on September 10, 2009 | 20 Comments »
According to news reports, gender tests ordered by the IAAF for the South African 800 meter world champion, has determined that technically she’s a hermaphrodite. The tests found that Ms. Semenya has internal males testes, the male sex organ that produces testosterone, the hormone that is responsible for building muscle, producing body hair and a deep voice. The tests [...]
“Give a man a fish…
Posted in Africa, African Women, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Economics, Geopolitics, Leadership, Politics on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. Chinese Proverb I saw the interview below with Zambian economist and author Dambisa Moyo on how developmental aid is stagnating and harming African development. Here is an audio clip of another interview she gave that also goes straight to the [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Posted in African Women, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Family, Life, Love, Mother's Day, Women on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To the Queens who made us what we are today, we love you!
Scientists “Surprised”: AFRICAN CULTURE IS THE FUTURE
Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, African Women on May 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you are an African, you should kno that we come from 200,000 generations of ancestors. Our history does not begin with slavery or colonialism. We did not gain our identity or culture when the Imperialists declared our existence and named us negroes, slaves, pygmies, bushmen or anything else. Those who think they have “good [...]
African “Thieves-in-Chief” and their families by Nkawzi N. Mhango
Posted in Africa, African Women, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Janet Museveni, Kenya, Leadership, Life, Lucy Kibaki, Nkwazi Mhango, Politics, Tanzania, Uganda on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I saw red when Janet Keinembabazi Kataha Museveni, the wife of Ugandan despot, was appointed a minister in charge of the historically impoverished and semi-arid north-eastern Karamoja region her husband ruined. I sensed something nasty with more magnitude of megalomania than even that of Zimbabwean killer, Robert Mugabe. Even an imbecile like Idi Amin did [...]
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