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USA Africa Dialogue Series - United Nations’ drones: A sign of what’s to come?

News that the United Nations is using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) to collect information in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) illustrates the growing use – and...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Who is responsible for climate change?

Climate change is no longer an abstract concept that scientists and environmentalists discuss, but a reality of many people's lives. Over the past few years record breaking and extreme weather events...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Why do Western media get Africa wrong?

Western media continue - and will continue - to get coverage of African issues wrong because of their inability to confront this unspoken hierarchy of knowledge and the barriers it generates. Firstly,...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Global Tuberculosis Report 2013

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease (including 320 000 deaths among HIV-positive...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - JOBS IN AFRICA

Project Director, Pretoria, South AfricaTraining and Capacity Development Advisor, Lobamba...Climate Private Sector ExpertClimate Mitigation ExpertWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Technical...

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Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Achebe, Armah , missionaries

Oh dear!Gloria in excelsis Emeagwali has tickled my funny bone...Perhaps some explanation called for?In Sweden it's a part of what's called "social kompetens",remembering and correctly pronouncing the...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Open Letter: “It Is A Matter Of...

For the umpteenth time, this matter is far from a personality contest between SKC Ogbonnia and Ike Ekweremadu. It is a matter of accountability and checks and balances critical to the survival of...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Indigeneity & Belonging in Nigeria

'Constitutional and political controversies about citizenship rights and indigeneity in Nigeria's 36 states and 774 Local Government Areas have generated more heat than light, and there has been little...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Food for thought!

Amy Chua, the self-proclaimed "Tiger Mom" who, in 2011, published a book arguingthat Chinese women are superior mothers — thus their offspring superior children — has even more to say. In "The Triple...

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Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Achebe, Armah , missionaries

Hi Chidi,Today is Trettondagsafton / Twelfth Night and a public holiday in Sweden, which is a Christian country. Twelfth Night was written for this season in Shakespeare's England - and not only...

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Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: NIGERIANS AMONG EIGHT RACES WHO SUCCEED...

Recent ArticlesCERTAIN RACES EXCEL OVER ALL OTHERS IN AMERICA – AH INCLUDING NIGERIANS? – ACCORDING TO THE "TIGER MOM"3 Hour Climax Lands Woman in the ERNnamdi Asomugha, Husband of Scandal Star Keri...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Food for thought!

Corrected:Only addressing a tiny aspect of the article:Although I have not read the book, I can testify to the efficacy of the Chinese mothers' upbringing of their 1.5  billion children, since we have...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel: by Helen Oyeyemi (Author)

She's back...one of my favorite writers.http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Snow-Bird-A-Novel/dp/1594631395Pre-Order: Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (March 6, 2014)From the prizewinning author of Mr. Fox, the...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Upcoming Author Events: Helen Oyeyemi: Boy,...

http://libwww.freelibrary.org/authorevents/index.cfm?ID=42419&type=2Upcoming Author EventsHelen Oyeyemi | Boy, Snow, Bird with Okey Ndibe | Foreign Gods, Inc.  (A) Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:30PM...

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RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Who Made That Nigerian Scam? - NYTimes.com

Criminals are criminals. Excuses should be sparingly made for criminal behavior.  The sociology of crime suggests that there are enabling conditions for criminality. Some  societies are more enabling...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Top 10 worst Bible passages - Telegraph

Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.1 Peter 2:18Discuss. *cycles away...

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RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: On Odia Ofeimun's "Awolowo was greater...

It is extremely disheartening and distressing that this comparison was made. It could only have been made by an unrepentant and irredeemable sycophant who by the way has a right to so remain. Educated...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - All Souls: Javier Marías (Author), Margaret Jull...

http://www.amazon.com/All-Souls-Javier-Mar%C3%ADas/dp/0811214532All Souls: Javier Marías (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)With high black humor, a visiting Spanish lecturer bends his gaze over...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Deadline Extended - Special Issue on Zambia and...

 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Zambia and China  Scholarship on China's relations with African nations has grown exponentially in the past several years, and one nation that has received...

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Deadline Extended - Special Issue on 50 years of...

Special Issue: 50 Years of Zambian Independence Call for Papers Next year, Zambia will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence. In honour of this event, the Zambia Social Science Journal– an...

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