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Goods are priced the way they are displayed.	Letter to the editor	Mar 1, 2012	310
The BBC African debate: what debate?	Conference notes	Mar 1, 2012	1740
Only education, discipline, and good leaders can save Africa! Our correspondent Femi Akomolafe went to Warsaw to interview the first ever African member of the Polish Parliament, John Abraham Godson (pictured), a Nigerian emigre. He turned out to be a man of many parts.	Interview	Nov 1, 2011	2801
The sad tale of African immigrants in Europe.	Essay	Jul 1, 2011	1702
Kissing him today, raining bombs on him tomorrow: the assault on Libya offers important lessons for Africa, and it is to be hoped that African leaders will wake up from their stupor and start to smell the coffee, writes Femi Akomolafe.		May 1, 2011	2153
A good woman in Europe: Augustina Osei (pictured right), a Dutch politician of Ghanaian extraction, has high ambitions and a fertile mind. A born optimist, she is a lover and helper of people. Femi Akomolafe interviewed her in Amsterdam for New African.	Interview	May 1, 2010	2733
Beauties, really?	Letter to the editor	Apr 1, 2010	262
Respect is the word.	Letter to the editor	Mar 1, 2010	493
The sad plight of African albinos: why, in this day and age, do some Africans treat albinos with disdain and sometimes even kill them? Why do some Africans still believe that spilling the blood of albinos will yield better crops, help in passing examinations, guarantee business success, help in winning elections, drive off evil spirits and facilitate financial success? Femi Akomolafe went to find out and was shocked beyond measure.		Feb 1, 2010	1017
'This is the way, walk in it' ... an exclusive interview with Nkrumah's daughter.	Interview	Oct 1, 2009	3532
'Ghana needs redemption': Ghana's number-one reggae star and radio DJ, Blakk Rasta (born Abubakar Ahmed), thinks his country has sold its soul to "Westernism" and needs redemption. His famous song, Barack Obama, released last year to support Obama's presidential campaign, shot him to African and global stardom. Femi Akomolafe interviewed him in Accra.	Interview	Jan 1, 2009	1884
More history lessons, please.	Letter to the editor	Nov 1, 2008	435
Holland blame everything bad on immigrants: Femi Akomolafe reports from Amsterdam on a favourite Dutch pastime--blaming everything bad on immigrants. And a new kid on the block is one Geert Wilders, an MP, who is simply beyond irony.		Jun 1, 2008	1322
Go East, my son.		Nov 1, 2007	1585
Zimbabwe report stole all the thunders!	Letter to the editor	Jun 1, 2007	394
No one is laughing at the Asians anymore; Femi Akomolafe on the lessons Africa can learn from China: stop listening to the West and your economic dreams will come true.	Column	Jun 1, 2006	1641
Obasanjo: to run or not to run.	Letter to the Editor	Feb 1, 2006	426
Bennett who?	Letter to the Editor	Dec 1, 2005	285
Economic policies in Africa.	Letter to the Editor	May 1, 2005	342
Be strong, Stella.	Letter to the Editor	Oct 1, 2004	263
Africa: happy with less than $1 a day? Is it really true that Africa is a hopeless place and Euro-America a sort of paradisaical seventh heaven? Femi Akomolafe asks.		Jul 1, 2004	1430
The Netherlands: immigrants beware; A few years ago, it would have been difficult to envisage The Netherlands becoming a society so intolerant of its minority populations. Femi Akomolafe sent this opinion piece from Amsterdam.		May 1, 2004	1292
An affront to our integrity.	Letter to the Editor	Apr 1, 2004	289
Why are they in Europe? I felt neither joy nor gratitude for living in Europe simply because thousands of Europeans are living colonial lives in my country of birth. (Endtail).		Dec 1, 2002	798