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. This blog seeks to address these issues in an engaging dialogue.
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I have officially stopped "dating" Blogger and have moved over to it's sexier, sophisticated cousin Wordpress. Blogger may be the easy girl who giggles at all your jokes, but Wordpress is definitely the class valedictorian everyone wants to date. For...
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...
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,...
If you've ever been interested in the politics of agricuture and foreign food companies, read Andrew Rice's article on Robert Ziegler's visits with foreign agro-food businesses in the New York times.
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The Doha round of trade talks got under way recently, and one of the parties most concerned with new provisions in the latest agreement were Kenyan negotiators. Using recommendations from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, studies showed...