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03/20/2006:

"Using the 'pain and shame of slavery' to reclaim our civilisation"

Using the 'pain and shame of slavery' to reclaim our civilisation
We know that the enduring legacies of the slave trade, slavery and colonialism continue to have a negative impact upon human development. The continued display of the legacies of African slavery in western modernity: issues of low self-esteem; perceptions of a weak Caribbean identity; African-Caribbean self-disparagement; the internalisation of the myth of Black inferiority and White superiority have been identified by several Caribbean scholars as being among the legacies of slavery to be confronted in the contemporary Caribbean.

Census stirs old rivalries between Nigeria's tribes
Just how many Nigerians are there? And which half of Africa's most populous country, north or south, has more people? The answers to these questions will be almost impossible to find without starting a riot. The sheer size of the task as well as the bitter political and religious divisions threaten to sabotage the process.

A sense of perspective
Three years ago, several millions of us around the world were busy marching and demonstrating our objection to the brutal war we knew was coming in Iraq. We knew then that Mr Bush's reasons for war were bogus.

Africa: A Continent Splits Apart
Normally new rivers, seas and mountains are born in slow motion. The Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa is another story. A new ocean is forming there with staggering speed -- at least by geological standards. Africa will eventually lose its horn.