A couple of excellent articles from The African Executive: “Al-Bashir Indictment: The ICC is Hypocritical” and “International Women’s Day: Men Have No Excuse” Crossed Crocodiles uncovers “Guantanamo in Ethiopia” I saw this Zambian economist and author Dambisa Moyo debate the issue of how developmental aid has stagnated Africa on BBC’s “HardTalk”. Thanks to Desire Katihabwa for forwarding this article to me: “Stop giving [...]
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Stewart vs Cramer
Posted in Banks, Business, Capitalism, Economics, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, Life, Mad Money, News, The Daily Show on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have never been a big fan of Jon Stewart. I used to watch The Daily Show, but Stewart’s act got real tired, real fast for me. Playing clips of parts of speeches and making faces has a diminishing return in regards to humor as far as I am concerned… plus I also found it manipulative. It’s troubling that many people consider what he [...]
“I Will Buy Your Monkey” from Elizabeth Crockett Hicks
Posted in AfroSpear, Business, Economics, Life, News, Politics, U.S.A, Wallstreet Bailout on February 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers [...]
brotherpeacemaker on Tribal Capitalism
Posted in Activism, Africa, AfroSphere, Black History, Business, Culture, Economics, Education, Geopolitics, History, Imperialism, Justice, Law, Life, Politics, Religion on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another gem from brotherpeacemaker. Click on the image to be taken to the article.
Enough is Enough demonstration outside of BET executive’s home
Posted in Activism, African-Americans, BET, Black pride, Business, Culture, Enough is Enough Campaign, Entertainment, gansta crap, tagged Activism, African-Americans, BET, Black pride, Business, Culture, Enough is Enough, Entertainment, gangsta crap on October 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Update: Noted Activist Dick Gregory joined campaign supporters on September 22. Supporters are determined to rally until changes are made in the way media portrays African Americans and all people of color. We were joined last week by a bus of supporters from Long Island, New York led by Rev. Roger Williams, Pastor of the [...]
The African Executive: 5th Carnival of African Enterprising
Posted in Activism, Africa, Business, Carnival, Economics, Education, Geopolitics, Leadership, News, Pan Africanism, Politics, Work on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of my favourite sites in regards to issues concerning the Motherland is The African Executive. They are hosting the 5th Carnival of African Enterprising for October, dealing with topical and developmental issues concerning Africa. This Carnival is held monthly and the previous 4 entailed: Doing business in Africa Foreign aid, trade, business and entrepreneurship with [...]


