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Nov.18.2011
Fela!a stage reviewby Jeanne Powell
Fela! is the story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms ignited a generation all over the world. His life story of courage, passion and controversy is told through Kuti’s captivating music along with the visionary...
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Jan.21.2011
It's not easy to state who started it or how many died. But the horror for those affected is clear.~ Craig S. Keener
Dear Karl Maier,
This house has not yet fallen, but it is shaking.
Our house is full of strange bed fellows of lunatic fringe elements of the black sheep of a dysfunctional family....
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Nov.10.2010
What a coincidence on the call for blogs on freedom of speech because today also, for most Nigerians, marks the 15th anniversary of the Military execution of the social activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. He was killed for speaking out against injustice and oppression of the minority ethnic groups in the...
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Nov.09.2010
Like most people who follow the news I've been reading about the rapes in the Congo that have been going on since 1998, stories of such horror that it dwarfs any other brutal stories I've ever read. Old women, young women, children, no one escaped the tentacles of rape. I've never been to Africa. I...
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Oct.23.2010
The Lamplighters, an international movement for recovery from incest and childhood sexual abuse, currently have six chapters in Africa; two in Nigeria, one in Sudan, one in Kenya and one in Tunisia. We have two more getting ready to start up in the near future. They are both in Nigeria; that will...
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May.15.2010
On March of 2009 I wrote a blog about sexual abuse in Africa starting with a cry for help that I received through my email from a young lady who had been kidnapped and was forced to be a sex slave. Unfortunately, despite me contacting many organizations that could have helped the young lady, we...
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Jan.22.2010
For Scots, January 25th is a day of remembrance. It is the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's best known poet. This year I have the honor of giving the "Immortal Memory" at a Burn's Night Supper in Dayton, Ohio. What this means is that I get to talk about the poet and extol of virtues...
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Aug.14.2009
This sunny new day in Mexico City, I woke up dreaming of ancestral vilage squares, grandma's farm lands and drum beats from Igbo landscapes of home and inspiration. Perhaps, it's because my grandma Mercy Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku - my dad's mother - who died recently at the age of 91, is to be...
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Mar.06.2009
The owner of the Wine Bar that I found myself in tonight asked me if I was an artist. I said no that I was a writer and we got into a big discussion about playwrights and how they all happen to be male etc etc. I don't think she followed me at all. In fact i think i annoyed her....Anyway, apart...
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Feb.27.2009
This morning I received an email from Care2 Action Alerts at actionalerts@care2.com. Their website is at http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFKNs/zjwm/Ap_d4. They told of the devastating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and are asking for people to sign a petition to ask President Obama...
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