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Stop Abusing Women in the Name of Ghanaian Traditions!

Marrying a woman and assuming that she is now personal property and subjecting her to all kinds of dehumanizing situations will eventually lead to a revolt, no matter how cunning the oppressor might be.

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West Africa’s Next Top Model – Coming Spring 2009

Top Model Africa is not for common girls. It’s for vacuous ministers and presidents daughters who have otherwise no ambition or aim in life.

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Kenya: Obama’s ‘Dead-Beat’ Dad

There have been numerous expectations of Obama in Kenya and they continue to grow even among Kenyans living in the U.S. Understandably poor Kenyans at home have lost hope in their leaders and it instead of calling for change from President Raila and Prime Minister Raila Odinga they are looking to Obama.

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African Leaders too Soft on Peers: Kenya PM

Is Raila Odinga the only African leader talking sense these days? We think so. Read this article and you be the judge.

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Mheshimiwa, take that House oath at your own peril

Dear politician aka Parliamentarian, I thought I would address you as leaders, but not just yet, because none of you has proved that they can lead.

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Africa Insight - the New Africans Called Afropolitans

Taiye Tuakli-Wosornu is a Nigerian-Ghanaian writer based in New York City. This article was written for The LIP magazine. Africa Insight is an initiative of the Nation Media Group's Africa Media Network Project.

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On the Subject of Inspiration, Motivation and Leadership

'Motivation is like bathing. That's why we recommend it every day' What's your source of motivation going to be today?

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The Real Uncle Toms

The next time someone calls you an Uncle Tom because you refuse to vote Democrat "because all Black people are democrats"; or because you believe that every child has a right to live, even it's a difficult life; or because you'd rather listen to Darlene Zcheck than L'il Kim, just say: Thank you.

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The Black Spirit

Why as Black people, we don't support each other, have so much infighting, and generally try to take each other down.

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Can the Subaltern Speak?

Trust me there are some things you don't want to imagine your grandfather doing such as...well I'll leave that to your imagination. 2 Comments | Discuss


The Real Uncle Toms

The next time someone calls you an Uncle Tom because you refuse to vote Democrat "because all Black people are democrats"; or because you believe that every child has a right to live, even it's a difficult life; or because you'd rather listen to Darlene Zcheck than L'il Kim, just say: Thank you.

OH Ame-ri-KKK-a!!

What black man for do in America? What is supposed to make America great is that in our courts, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty; not the other way around.

Should we legalize weed? - Uhh..YEAH!

The American government has sanctioned and legalized some of the most harmful substances known to man...like cigarettes. Cigs kill more people everyday than car wrecks and murder combined, yet the revenue from cigarette sales go towards building schools, bridges and funding education. It is UNAMERICAN for the government not to exploit the health of minorities for the gain of the rest of the country.

You are being lied to about pirates

Some are clearly just gangsters. But others are trying to stop illegal dumping and trawling

Stop Abusing Women in the Name of Ghanaian Traditions!

Marrying a woman and assuming that she is now personal property and subjecting her to all kinds of dehumanizing situations will eventually lead to a revolt, no matter how cunning the oppressor might be.

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