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7 February 2011 at 08 : 00 AM
Is Honesty still the best policy?
Among the first phrases of the English language we learned was ‘Honesty is the best policy.’ In those days and times, it was not just a rhetorical saying. Those were days when words, like our currencies of old, have their true values. Honesty was then not only said to be the best policy, it […]
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4 February 2011 at 09 : 00 AM
An Essay on Slavery
Very often, the embalmers of Western history have tried to gloss over the sordid trade in African slaves by Europeans, for over four century, by putting up the argument that a lot of Africans also made a fortune in the dealings. From these ‘mythorians’ we often hear the stories that slavery was rampant in […]
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31 January 2011 at 16 : 00 PM
Focus on Africans interview with Stephen Osei part 1 of 5.mp4
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31 January 2011 at 02 : 00 AM
Mickey Mouse Independent Nations
When we in Africa condemn imperialism (aka neocolonialism), its apologists and their local trumpeters will hit town with the refrain: “But you have been independent for 50 or so years now; how could you continue to blame the colonial masters for your current woes?” This argument is as disingenuous as it is wrong: it […]
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30 January 2011 at 13 : 00 PM
focus on africans interview with justice laryea part 1 of 5.mp4
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13 January 2011 at 14 : 00 PM
Focus on Africans Interview with Marlene van Duijnhoven part 1 of 6.mp4
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11 January 2011 at 19 : 00 PM
Focus on Africans Interview with Youdi Schipper
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11 January 2011 at 12 : 00 PM
Focus on Africans Interview with Chief Akarigbo Okoro part 1 of 6.mp4
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8 January 2011 at 20 : 00 PM
La Cote d’Ivoire: A layman’s analysis on the call for Ghana’s Intervention
My Books on Amazon Africa: it shall be well: https://www.amazon.com/Africa-shall-Mr-Femi-Akomolafe/dp/9988197837Africa Destroyed by the gods: https://www.amazon.com/Africa-Destroyed-gods-Femi-Akomolafe-ebook/dp/B01HPSMK8O18 African Fables & Moonlight Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07638G8TL/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_awdb_t1_g7nbDb8DQE10S Try and get your copy. And, please, help me share the links. Kind regards, Femi Akomolafe “Enough of this genuflection to France! If Sarkozy has decided to go to war against Cote […]
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6 January 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
Run, Samia, Run!
In its second decade of existence, this column has never endorsed a politician. We will make an exception and declare our whole-hearted support for Samia Nkrumah in her quest to become the Chairwoman of the Convention of People Party (CPP), the party founded by her incomparable and illustrious dad, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It […]
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