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ReVision by Editor April 11, 2016

The Nkomati Agreement- Mozambique & South Africa

On March 16, 1984, Mozambique was forced to sign a special treaty with the apartheid government of South Africa known as the Nkomati Agreement. Mozambique promised not to allow the ANC (African National Congress) or any other South African liberation movements to…

Culture by Editor February 22, 2016

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Mozambique’s Economic & Political History I

Mozambique is a country on the south-eastern seaboard of Africa, and a tropical paradise with a somewhat turbulent history. Given its geography Mozambique is the gateway to Southern Africa and a major transportation network to transport goods into Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi…

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The Land Answer In Kenya

One of the issues that plague independent African countries is what has been termed ‘The Land Question’. This has been a thorny issue since European settlers began occupying sub-Saharan Africa and continues to prick the fabric of many countries in the post-colonial…

Life Video by Editor October 23, 2014

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Another Mugabe Sowing Seeds of Tribalism & Genocide

Grace Mugabe 'When Elephants fight its the grass that suffers'. The concubine turned wife of Robert Mugabe has been campaigning for the Zimbabwe ruling party Zanu PF. She has held several 'Meet the People' rallies to drum up support for her intention to…

Business by Editor June 9, 2014

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Politics makes strange Bedfellows- Mugabe & a Churchill

This month the last of Winston Churchill’s children Mary Churchill Soames died. Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister who fought and defeated the embodiment of evil in the 20th century in the form of Adolf Hitler and his senseless nazi doctrine.…

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Celebrating the Life of Maya Angelou

She had the high honor of being the first woman and first African American to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration. Anyone who is interested in African American literature has read the works of Maya Angelou who was born Marguerite Johnson…

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The Other Side of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 but her reign as Prime Minister was not without its share of controversy. Here are some controversial decision she made involving South Africa, Zimbabwe, Chile, Iraq etc. South Africa Thatcher refused to impose sanctions on…

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Malema using Marikana Massacre to spread influence

In the law of unintended consequences Zuma’s missteps continues to strengthen Malema, Malema rises to the occasion to fine tune his message to the South African disenfranchised. The Police force opened fire on striking miners at Lonmin mine in Marikana, something reminiscent…

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Odetta Ntezicimpa: Empowering Migrants in New Zealand

Odetta Ntezicimpa came to New Zealand in 1999 as a refugee from Burundi. At that time the country was far from being the melting pot as it is becoming. The first barrier that she encountered was a language barrier as she spoke…

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Olympic History: Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila the first Sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal at the Olympics in 1960 completing the marathon in 2:15:16.2. He went on to win the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well. It was Rome 1960; the venue of the Olympics and Italy…