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Portentum: Africa Reborn

Many situations that are being played out in Africa at the time are addressed in my book Portentum. Whether it is social displacement, racial disparity, governmental influences, coups, warlords, drugs and any other crimes for that matter, Portentum takes a look at it. The theme is placed on the...

serengeti

africa: the serengeti

Things Fall Apart ... again

On the dedication page of the Chinua Achebe classic novel, Things Fall Apart that I read today, there is a stanza from Yeats' poem, The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon...

I know, I know.

I've not been posting. Looks like I'm having a dry spell. It happens and then I usually perk back up. Things are fine. Ticker is working well on the new med and I don't have the benedryl fog anymore. Mom has good days and bad days. Neighbor is home and thriving with some home health care workers...

Democracy Now!: The Tsangarai and Mugabe Report

This gives me some positive hope. I'm glad to see that progress is being made in Zimbabwe on this front but I wonder what pushed the two sides to come together in this way? Historical lessons tell me that, most likely, some outside force exerted said force in the proper way on Mugabe. Whatever the...

Mandela's Birthday Message

Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor By CELEAN JACOBSON – 1 hour ago QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his...

Feeding the Need

I feel the need for a blog again. I've always wanted to share my life, ever since I was old enough to type (age 2, yes I was on the computer typing at two, my father personally loves to tell all his pals.) I know everyone's life is different and we can't walk in each other's shoes but I seem to...

Sudan President being charged with Genocide

So it looks like someone is finally doing something about Darfur and the disgusting genocide that's been going on over there. I love how we rush to places we need to be in to stop "Terror" while tons of innocents are being slaughtered, Africans none the less. This makes my stomach turn like...

Mugabe still has some friends

So those two great bastions of human rights - Russia and China - vetoed the proposed UN sanctions against Robert Mugabe's despicable regime. Why am I not surprised? From this morning's Guardian: Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said there was no mandate to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe because...

Tanzania Discovery Safari

Day 1-2: Depart U.S. / Arrive Arusha Connect in Amsterdam with your flight to Kilimanjaro Airport, arriving late evening. You will be met by Thomson Safaris staff and transferred to your lodge. Overnight: Kigongoni Lodge Day 3: Arusha Begin your exploration of Tanzania culture with a visit to...

Africa: wooden statues

June 15, 2009

The day I leave for Africa.

Vox Hunt: I'd Rather Be...

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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy

Tsvangirai Seeks Embassy Refuge Last updated at 17:20 GMT, Monday, 23 June 2008 18:20 UK Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy in the capital, Harare. A Dutch foreign ministry spokesman said Mr Tsvangirai had spent the night at the embassy as he feared...

The voyage out

Didn’t get much sleep this trip. I had a very talkative neighbor. He was an anthropologist from Eugene Oregon. He told me all about how he had had to take mefloquine while he was in Mali as a Fullbright scholar. US Government regulations, you see. I guess he wanted to make sure I knew which...

Kulanga B. Charles - June 22, 2008 4:53:29 PM

Change of Plans

That's right, no go on the Egypt trip. I found out over a week ago, but was so bummed that it took me this time to mourn blog style about it. I won't go into all the details. I will say this however. My dreams are not completely dashed! I will make it to Africa, if not this year, and if not to...

Witch - Lazy Bones!! (prog/psych from Zambia, circa 1975)

Zambia's Witch is a really awesome recent discovery of mine. I recently found myself bored with newer music, and of course, moods like that usually lead to explorations of music in the past. I was looking through some blogs, and happened upon an article on these guys. There's really not a lot to...