Posted in Latin American Food, Plantain, Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts, Food, Freetown, African Food, Caribbean Food on July 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
OK, this isn’t really an ode because . . . well . . . I’m not a poet and I know it. But a lunchtime discussion with a colleague has inspired me to write an homage to a little-known and easily overlooked fruit; the plantain.
Depending on where you’re from or where you’ve lived, you are probably already [...]
Posted in Africa, African Music, Hip-Hop, Krio, Media, Mozambique, Music, Nigeria, Online Radio, Radio, Rap, Reggae, Reggaeton, West Africa, tagged Sierra Leone, Creole, Calypso, Garage, Diaspora on July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The July 23 edition of Diaspora Sounds is now available for your listening pleasure. Listen online or download to an mp3 player and listen later.
Click here to see the playlist.
Listen to the previous show here.
Posted in Africa, Immigration, International News, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Religion, Uncategorized, tagged Current Events, Evolution, Genetic Diversity, Human Origins, Thoughts on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
In what must surely come as a blow to adherents of race theory, a new study published in the journal Nature proves once and for all that the planet’s people are descended from a single human population whose origins lie in sub-Saharan Africa.
The scientists who conducted the study examined genetic data and skull measurements to arrive at [...]
Posted in Nokia, Nokia N80, Opinion, iPhone, tagged Apple, Cell Phones, Current Events, Thoughts on July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have a confession.
Unlike millions of people the world over, I have never been crazy about Apple products. Mac computers, iPods, Minis, and Nanos did nothing for me. I scoffed at Apple loyalists, likening them to religious zealots who fanatically believed Apple products to be vastly superior to comparable electronic devices. In my eyes, they were weak-willed [...]
Posted in Christianity, Jews for Jesus, Messiah, Opinion, Paris Hilton, Politics, Prison, Religion, tagged Christ, Climate Change, Conservative, Environment, Global Warming, Jesus, Jewish, Thoughts on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
These days, it seems you can’t walk two blocks in DC without a member of Jews for Jesus handing you a flyer. While I’m generally very offended by any form of religious proselytizing, I have to confess I always accept the flyer and I always read it. I don’t do this because I think Jews for Jesus [...]
Posted in Health Care, Men vs. Women, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical, Politics, Sex, Women, tagged Thoughts, Current Events, Female, Age, Academic Achievement, Education Reform, Health, Healthcare System, Drugs, Women's Period on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’ve all heard of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and it’s many negative effects on women’s moods and whatnot but now, it seems menstruation itself is being targeted as a medical condition; and of course, the pharmaceutical companies are lining up with their version of “the cure.”
Read on . . ..
Posted in Christianity, Europe, International News, Male, Media, Movies, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Religion, Sex, Sex and the law, Women, tagged Anorexia, Bulimia, Christ, Conservative, Current Events, Eating Disorder, Female, Health, Thoughts on July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Rotraut Susanne Berner—author of several children’s books that have sold well in both her native Germany and internationally—was thrilled to get a letter from a US publishing house expressing interest in translating and publishing her books in this country.
Then there was a minor glitch. First, the publisher asked that all smokers be excised from the drawings in [...]
Posted in Education, Health Care, International News, Media, Michael Moore, NHS, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Sanjay Gupta, Universal Health Care, tagged AIDS, Argentina, Chile, CNN, Conservative, Cuba, Current Events, Drugs, Great Britain, Harvard, Health, Healthcare System, HIV, Sicko, Student Loans, Thoughts, Tuition Costs, Wolf Blitzer on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday, I watched with great delight as Michael Moore ripped Wolf Blitzer and his CNN colleague, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a new you-know-what in response to the good doctor’s biased review of Moore’s latest film, Sicko.
Good for Michael Moore!
And shame on Dr. Gupta for trying to muddy the waters on a much-needed debate about the state [...]
Posted in Africa, International News, Islam, Labor, Labor rights, Male, Men vs. Women, Mombasa, Muslim, Opinion, Police, Politics, Progressive, Religion, Sex, Sex and the law, Women, tagged AIDS, Conservative, Current Events, Diaspora, Female, Kenya, Sex work, Thoughts on July 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
According to the BBC, prostitutes in the predominantly Muslim city of Mombasa, which sits on the Kenyan coast, are increasingly ditching their typically revealing work attire in favor of traditional head-to-toe garb.
Some of the prostitutes say they do it to hide their identities because they are ashamed to be seen plying their trade, which they consider to be a sin. Others choose [...]
Posted in Education, Health Care, Immigration, Incarceration, Labor, Labor rights, New Orleans, Opinion, Politics, Prison, Progressive, Race, Race Relations, Racism, School Reform, Segregation, Uncategorized, tagged Thoughts, Current Events, Conservative, Diaspora, Academic Achievement, Education Reform, Health, Healthcare System, HIV, Drugs, Environment, Transporation, Global Warming, Branches of Government, Integration, Desegregation, George Bush, Hurricane Katrina on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I decided to give the first post of the day over to someone with more hands-on experience. Read on . . .
How to Destroy an African American City in
Thirty Three Steps - Lessons from Katrina
By Bill Quigley
Step One. Delay. If there is one word that sums up the way to destroy an African-American city after [...]
