In an article entitled Honour Amongst Thieves Guardian columnist Philip Hensher offers an interesting argument in favour of Western nations keeping hold of historical artifacts and national treasures that rightfully belong to African nations. Using Sudan as an example he states … [Read more...]
Jipoxers
Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes. Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina … [Read more...]
One of Our Own?
Who would have thought that placing a Zimbabwean woman in the Big Brother house would have caused such a storm? Less than 4 days after Makosi entered the house and News Zimbabwe declared that ‘Every Zimbabwean should be ashamed 'of 'this chicken-brained sanctimonious … [Read more...]
As Seen on TV??!!? (Part 1)
A few days a go heated debate ensued in the comment section after a post on Togo by Mshairi. When I last checked, the main commenter had apologised for behaving, in his words like a jackass. I had imagined that was the end of that, until I came across this blog entry by the … [Read more...]