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Economic Ties With Africa Top Agenda of China’s New President
China’s new president Xi Jinping lands in Dar es Salaam on Sunday at the beginning of a three-country tour of Africa. Following his recent election, Mr Xi’s visit is a sign of an ongoing fundamental shift in the global balance of economic and political power. Mr Xi assumed his post...
May Chinua Achebe, The Father of The African Novel, Rest in Eternal Peace
The literary fraternity in Africa and beyond has suffered a big blow. The death of the founding father of African literature and master story teller,Chinua Achebe, is a tragedy in the literary circles. Achebe has exited the stage but left an indelible mark in the annals of world literature. This...
Aspiring Africa
CELEBRATIONS are in order on the poorest continent. Never in the half-century since it won independence from the colonial powers has Africa been in such good shape. Its economy is flourishing. Most countries are at peace. Ever fewer children bear arms and record numbers go to school. Mobile phones are...
Why Are We Obsessed With The Oscar Case?
A week is a very long time these days. In our addiction to new news, we’ve become a society with ADD, The half-life of any given story is a day, if that. Since the story that Oscar Pistorius shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day,...
