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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Online Courses and the Universities of the future
Massive Open Online Courses and Beyond: the Revolution to Come Saturday, 17 August 2013 10:30 By Michael A Peters, Truthout | News font size(Photo: Evgeny Pavlov / Flickr)The New York Times dubbed 2012...
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Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Ethiopia: H&M Looks to Source Clothing From...
Great more sweatshops from big name clothing company. I hope Ethiopia puts labor and safety rules in place and really enforces them. Otherwise it is just a matter of time before we see the human...
View ArticleRE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nawal El Saadawi, "A People’s Revolution and...
Ken:It seems to me that you misread Nawal El Saadawi's piece. She states clearly those she supports: "Thirty four million men and women went out into the streets and squares. They were determined to...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Re- “A People’s Revolution and Not a Crisis or...
Re- "A People's Revolution and Not a Crisis or Coup" (Nawal El Saadawi).Some more criticism of Egypt's trigger-happy military:The Muslim Brotherhood's Silent Martyrs Lie Soaked In BloodApart from being...
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"Thirty four million men and women went out into the streets and squares" - This fantasy figure is suspect - like the "22 million signatures" must have used up all the ink supplied by the Nile waters....
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: 15 black feminist books everyone should read
Dear All: A writer in London is asking about the list of 15 black feminist books and their authors, and why the following feminist writers are not included: Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghanaian), Nawal El Sadaawi...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nawal El Saadawi, "A People’s Revolution and...
hi obi i understand what she wrote. i too applauded the movements of masses of people who were demanding their rights. but the argument that is emerging, and el saadawi's piece is of a piece with this...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nawal El Saadawi, "A People’s Revolution and...
dear obi in rereading what i wrote, you are right that i created the impression that it is military vs morsi-ites--that's not what i should have said. there are, let's say, 3 groups: the military,...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Govs Fayemi, Aregbesola to unveil Nigeria is...
Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun are billed to unveil a new book, Nigeria is Negotiable, by journalist and author, Chido Onumah. The public presentation...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: FW: 15 black feminist books everyone should...
Wofa Akwasi, That's easy. It's someone/ some ones' personal choice and that always means personal preferences – even if they're trying to be "universal" about it.It's supposed to be of rank and file...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: 15 black feminist books everyone should read
Opanyin AB: African intellectuals, especially females, have always been planted in the margins of the academy by the powers that be. To overlook, or is it to disregard Ama Ata Aidoo speaks volumes. We...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Raayiriga] For the North: Time to Seek...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Hussaini Jibrin<hussainajibrin@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:27 AMSubject: [Raayiriga] For the North: Time to Seek Economic PowerTo:...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fw: ARE WE FALLING OFF THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE...
Thanks, Augustine, but I have a problem with reading links Denise mails. Why dont you summarize your understanding of the points? .We all know the Catholic church has worked agaist rationality in the...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: 15 black feminist books everyone should read
Ohene Kwabena & Wofaase Cornelius: Your points are well taken. However, if we really mean "feminist" books, then some of us wanted to see some sophisticated books about women, including THE FEMALE...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Sonala Olumhense on "Obasanjo, The First 419...
"Every objective evaluation demonstrates that Obasanjo is responsible for the kleptocracy that runs Nigeria today. What is even worse is that as a parting menace, he committed the greatest treason of...
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Thanks, Segun.I reflected on the fact that traditional Christian Church was a hotbed of some of the world's worst evils.At the same time, however, I also looked at the figures who ultimately influenced...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Akin Adesokan on: "Ibadan, Soutin and the Puzzle...
"December in southwestern Nigeria is a thirsty, incandescent month, halfway through the dry season. The evening air is burnished to tinder-edged sharpness by the harmattan, cool, sandy wind blowing...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Obi Nwakanma: ASUU and Nigerian universities...
"It is no longer news: the Nigerian schools system, from the primary to the tertiary levels, is in dire straits. ASUU is in part right in drawing attention to these developments. This body of...
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I need to read more carefully the essay from Banji Oyeyinka that proposes to demonstrate that 'our scientific/industrial and economic backwardness has very little to do with our emergent Pentecostalism...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Nigeria is Negotiable: A narrative of Nigeria’s...
Nigeria is Negotiable: A narrative of Nigeria's leadership crisisByGodwin OnyeacholemA new and provocative book titled Nigeria is Negotiable has blamed Nigeria's leaders for the country's woes....
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