“Democracy is a proposal (rarely realised) about decision-making; it has little to do with election campaigns. Its promise is that political decisions be made after, and in the light of, consultation with the governed. This is dependent upon the governed being adequately informed about the issues in question, and upon the decision makers having the [...]
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Report from Detroit for AfroSpear: Porn Shows at the Reconstrueists’ Ball
Posted in Art, Black History, Critical Thinking, Democracy, Economics, Leadership, Liberalism, Media, Politics, White Supremacy Ideology, tagged Democracy, Detroit, Detroit News, Gentriication, John Berger, mass media, Media, Miami, Politics, United States, Urban Blight on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Africa’s Hidden Presidents?” by Nkwazi Mhango
Posted in Africa, African Politics, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Corruption, Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, Leadership, Nkwazi Mhango, Simone Gbagbo on April 25, 2011 | 10 Comments »
What transpired in Ivory Coast recently, luckily, unearthed a great rot in our education system and upper echelons of power in Africa. Laurent Gbagbo, the professor of History, made a bad history for not understanding history. He mindlessly clung unto power so as to cause many deaths and many casualties. Gbagbo’s saga is a test to our [...]
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 [...]
Byts and Bytes
Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, Afro-Futurism, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Byts and Bytes, Critical Thinking, Cyberspace, Education, Exploitation, Geopolitics, Jazzuloo, Leadership, News, Revolution, Television on March 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
1. Psycho-Slavery: Black Boys, White Female Teachers & the Rise of A.D.H.D. 2. How China has created a new slave empire in Africa 3. Afro-Futurism: The Marketing of Revolution
The Ballot or the Bullet
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Critical Thinking, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Leadership, Malcolm X on February 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
46 years ago today, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, was assassinated. His wisdom is timeless.


