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“What a year that 2011 was!” by Nkwazi Mhango

Posted in Africa, African Politics, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Jasmine Revolution, News, Nkwazi Mhango on January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »

December is a time when writers, editors, analysts and all who make news what it is, are busy researching on what to write to wind up the year. Likewise, all media houses and outlets are busy hunting for a sound summary of the year. This is what this article is all about today. Truly, the [...]

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Slavery: A 21st Century Evil

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Jasmine Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, Slave Trade, Slavery, Tea Party on October 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I haven’t been paying too much attention to the Occupy Wall Street fiasco. Like the Tea Party Movement, it’s become a media fueled circus (panem et circenses), a reality tv inspired showcase of privileged White americans who are pissed at being forced to downsize their decadent lifestyle, as well as their unrealistic expectations. Americans, both White and Black, [...]

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Jasmine Revolution: An African Revolution Not For Black Africans

Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Arabs, Colourism, Jasmine Revolution, Libya, News, Racism on September 5, 2011 | 7 Comments »

One of the illusions that Europeans and Arabs alike have successfully perpetrated for over a century, is that the northern part of Africa is not apart of the African continent. I have had discussions and arguments with so-called “highly educated people”… those with more than one grouping of letters behind their names, who are not aware [...]

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“Is Mubarak’s trial shame or fame for Africa?” by Nkwazi Mhango

Posted in African Politics, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Corruption, Hosni Mubarak, Jasmine Revolution, Justice, Leadership, Nkwazi Mhango on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Among the people who were moved, pained and disturbed by the tribulations and trials of former Egyptian strong man, Hosni Mubarak recently, is former Nigerian two-time president Olusegun Obassanjo. Obassanjo aired his view in Mombasa. Kenya where he was attending former presidents’ meeting, when he was asked how he views transitions happening in Egypt especially the [...]

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Blackout of humanitarian crisis in Cote d’Ivoire

Posted in Africa, African Elections, African Politics, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Alassana Ouattara, Aljazeera English, Cote d’Ivoire, Crimes Against Humanity, Democracy, Genocide, Jasmine Revolution, Laurent Gbagbo, Leadership, News, Revolution on March 27, 2011 | 12 Comments »

In the wake of the enormous media coverage of the uprisings and so-defined “revolutions” in North Africa and the Middle East, I am hard pressed to find any media coverage of the escalating atrocities and impending civil war in Cote d’Ivoire. The “blackout” of this media coverage I am referring to is not within the [...]

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Is South Saharan Africa reading Egypt’s script? by Nkwazi Mhango

Posted in Africa, African Politics, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Egypt, Geopolitics, Hosni Mubarak, Jasmine Revolution, Nkwazi Mhango on February 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Dramatic-cum-nicely-choreographed fall from grace of former Egyptian strong man, Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, was unprecedented though what happened in Tunisia tells it all. Defiant and arrogant as the tyrant has always been, nobody thought he would easily be toppled. Day-dreaming as it was seen in 18 days, at last Mubarak succumbed to people’s power. When the [...]

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