Mike
A very thoughtful, compassionate, informative blog on a variety of subjects dealing with Africa. Well done Jesse!
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Thinking Man's Uhuru
http://thinkinguhuru.wordpress.com/
Uhuru is a Swahili word meaning "Freedom". Too often, Africa has been the victim of stereotypical pity, colonization, unfair trade practices and foreign aid debt. It's time that we free ourselves of what we think Africa can be and start rethinking as well as looking at what all 3rd world countries and the people that live in ( or sadly leave them) need to be self-sufficient and vibrant places and people by valuing their struggles and understanding things from their perspective.
- Added on: Apr 27th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: J
- Listed in: Africa International Affairs
- Tags: africa development bono kenya policy foreign aid
Recent Posts
Cholera outbreak in Kenya..
Some of you may have heard, but for those who have not, Kenya is experiencing a Cholera outbreak that is spreading rapidly. So far over 119 people have died and over 4,000 have contracted Cholera. Cholera is spread by unsanitary water and failure to ...
South Africa moves forward on AIDS
My hat is off to the government of South Africa and President Zuma for taking a much needed and proactive approach to the AIDS crisis. As many have heard, the government has vowed to test infants and start treatment for them earlier to decrease mor...
Remembering The Dust..
(Click on the picture for the more dramatic full-size version) I stumbled upon this photo I had taken during my Mission trip to Kenya in 2004. The man baptizing people is now Bishop Todd Macgregor, an Anglican bishop in Madagascar. The thing that I l...
Seeing REDD
Much has been said on the blogosphere about the REDD policy that may be adopted at Copenhagen.Initially setting out financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation ( hence the acronym). The idea being one that on th...
Moving To Wordpress?
I am considering moving this site and it's archives over to Wordpress since it's a whole lot easier to leave comments on,is more professional looking, and has more plugins and flexibility overall, even if Blogger is easier to customize. That being sa...
This Land Was Your Land, And Now It\'s MY Land
Re-Reading the New York Times article I posted earlier, I was saddened and dismayed and the erosion of land rights and ownership that seems to indeed be fueling drought and famine in Ethiopia and other countries in Africa. According to the article, E...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 5 comments.
william manosh
Ellie and tcinvestor and stugod were all on my blog very recently/yesterday as well interesting eh>? Hey I like your blog!Sorry I did not start following it sooner.....
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William
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the ChirpRoom
Great view of Africa! :)
Jrayrice
Excellent! A must read!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this knowledge with the world. Excellent blog.
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