African Role Models

Happy Mother's Day! Here is a message to all the youth on how to treat your mothers.

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Is Singapore's autocratic, but economically successful system, a model for African countries?

Singapore mourns founding father Singapore begins seven days of national mourning following the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.

Why I Went Back to Ghana Ruth Botsio, Vice-President of the Yale Club of Ghana and Program Manager for Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Africa, shares advice for young Afri...

Like most of the other women here, she was accused of killing someone in her village by using witchcraft. She has no intention of ever going back to the community that cast her out.

«Tu es toi et je suis moi. Accepte-moi tel que je suis. Ne cherche pas à dénaturer mon identité et ma civilisation.».-Aimé Césaire

"As an African woman, I’ve learnt the importance of self-definition and living purposefully. It’s vital that every girl determines, as early as possible, who she is and what her contribution to humanity will be" - Thuli Madonsela

You can emotionally abandon someone that you still come home to. You can emotionally abandon your calling, a commitment, or a cause without leaving it. To leave is to remove your presence, to forsake is to emotionally abandon. Do you have a tendency to emotionally withdraw, when you get hurt? The reason people emotionally withdraw is because they don't feel safe to love it! But God said "He will never leave you nor forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6) God will not emotionally abandon you just because He is disappointed in you. He loved you when you were wrong, and taught you right. - TD Jakes

In the Central African Republic a gr***de is cheaper than a Coke. Regardless of where the guns come from, the end result is clear: the Seleka, through their power grab, helped flood a region already overloaded with arms. They committed serious human rights abuses, including the killings of women and children

The African state where a gr***de is cheaper than a Coke A detailed weapons survey carried out in the Central African Republic offers some intriguing insights into the global arms industry, says the BBC's Andrew Harding.

Churches being burnt and people killed as a reaction on the publication of Charlie Heldo in Niger. Note: 99% of the population in Niger are moslims. And political fraction might have played a role in supporting and fueling this event.

'Forty-five churches' burnt in Niger Police in Niger say 45 churches were set on fire in a weekend of protests erupted there against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was able to influence himself first by mastering his internal communication, maintaining his passion against staggeringly unjust and vicious odds. But his emotions and dreams would have died in his heart had he not mastered external communication as well. To this very day, his works, voice and face are etched into our memories as bold reminders that his dream still lives. Because he mastered both internal and external communication, he was able to influence a nation of hungry souls to make the lasting changes we all enjoy today. And his voice continues not only to expect more but give more as well." –Tony Robbins, 'Unlimited Power: A Black Choice'

Get yourself out of wrong relationships. If he/she doesn't support you please remember your dreams are important.

Tamar on Leaving an Abusive Relationship As a young woman, Tamar Braxton says she struggled to leave a man who was both mentally and physical abusive. Watch as she shares her story and offers valuab...

Hair and make up every decade..

100 Years of Beauty Pt I & II Side by Side Comparison Time lapse of a model getting her hair and makeup done to match every decade from 1910 to 2010. Credits: Produced, Directed, and Edited by: http://www.cut.co...

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I am not asking the West to stand up for the victims but African leaders and population to stand up for them. Maybe the Africans leaders can learn from what happened in France ( namely the MARCH participated by influential European leaders). Maybe our Leaders and influential people can also organize a march themselves. Instead of thinking about being on Forbes most influential list.

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Super model Yomi Abiola was the first African face of Maybelline and has graced the pages of magazines like Elle and Vogue Italy. But she soon became aware of the lack of diversity and inclusion in the fashion industry. Today she runs the initiative for social change – Stand Up For Fashion.

Yomi Abiola started modelling as a way to get acceptance and validation. But in the fashion industry, being a black model proved to be a tough endeavor. After being rejected, stereotyped and caricatured several times just based on the color of her skin, she knew it was time to elevate herself. In this touching talk, Yomi tells us about her experiences as a model and why she started a platform that strives for social responsibility and inclusion in the world of fashion

The Inclusionist | Yomi Abiola | TEDxGöteborg This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Super model Yomi Abiola was the first African face of Maybelline an...

The killing of 17 victims in 3 despicable terrorist acts this week prompted a unity march of 1.5 million people including 40 world leaders in Paris. Well done.
Maybe it's just me but did anyone else hear about Nigeria? 2000 civilians including women and children were massacred by terrorists this week.
Can somebody tell me why nobody is marching for those victims? Any world leaders planning a trip to Lagos or Abuja this week? Too busy? Bad flight connections?
Just asking. Imagine the statement we could make.

What policies and actions are in process of preventing further escalation of this?

Boko Haram is now a mini-Islamic State, with its own territory - Telegraph Boko Haram controls about 20,000 square miles of territory and is fast becoming a terrorist state razing villages and killing innocent victims, writes David Blair

One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up the Big Problem With How We Talk About Terrorism Now's not the time for racism.

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I return to you, our esteemed contemporary African intellectuals. Where are your ideas in our life, us Africans living in Africa today? I understand that your theorising makes sense to those who praise you and list you among the most influential thinkers of our time. But do they make sense to us? Do they benefit us? Do we live by them? When you leave your busy lives in Western universities, your non-stop lecture schedules in all the world’s (read ‘developed’ world) capitals and retreat to Africa, where majority of the population still lives in rural areas and obviously does not consume Western media, do you feel that your intellectualism is relevant to the lives we lead? Do you feel that the Socrates, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, Kant, Keynes etc. that you are always citing is relevant to our lives?

An Open Letter to contemporary African Intellectuals The tag, 'intellectual' in reference to Africa refers to a certain type: western educated and visible in western media, maybe published in the West and maybe teaching at a western university. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire writes to this type of African Intellectual.

Black swimmer makes history at world championships The look of total surprise on her face said it all.

Lupita Nyong'o's 7 Tools for Fearlessly Following Your Dreams - MA Conference for Women In June of 2014, the Massachusetts Conference for Women announced a highly anticipated keynote speaker for the upcoming December conference: Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, best known for her breakout role in the 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave. Six months later, I can tell you that her in…

36 feared killed in attack in Kenyan village Al Shabaab militants are suspected of killing at least 36 people whose bodies were found in a quarry in a Kenyan village near its border with Somalia.

After 27 years in power.. IT is TIME for a change

Protesters torch Parliament building in Burkina Faso; military seizes control The military in the West African nation of Burkina Faso dissolved the government, a general said Thursday in the capital of Ouagadougou.

Zambian President Sata 'dies in UK' Zambia's President Michael Sata, 77, dies in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, family sources say.

We have known about ebola for 40 years but there is a tendency not to do enough research into treatments and vaccines about what one might call a poor person's disease. - Kofi Annan, chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation .

Kofi Annan: Ebola a 'poor man's disease' CNN's Richard Quest speaks to Kofi Annan about why it has taken so long for drug makers to produce Ebola medication.

Monica Lewinsky has said she "fell in love" with Bill Clinton during a tearful speech describing the pain of being made into a figure of global humiliation.
In her first-ever public address, the 41-year-old said she wanted "to give purpose to my past" by campaigning against a toxic internet culture that relentless hounds individuals in the news.

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Listen to a letter from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Ebola. She states " Liberia is confronted with an enemy not known".

A Letter to the World on Ebola from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf "Dear World, In just over six months Ebola has managed to bring my country to a standstill..." Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's letter to the world written and recorded especially for the B