Articles from New African (December 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'A must read for all African leaders'.	Ray, Talib	Letter to the Editor	510
'My mum comes from Africa, but I'm British': Andrew Togobo on the identity crisis facing the Africans born in Britain. "In Ghana we are taught that your parents hometown is your hometown. I found it odd coming here and people were telling me they were from England, and their parents were from somewhere else.".	Togobo, Andrew		1598
A people without memory are in danger of losing their soul: this year's Steve Biko Memorial Lecture (the fourth in the series) was delivered by the Kenyan professor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, at the University of Cape Town. Here is an abridged version of his thought provoking paper on "Consciousness and African Renaissance: South Africa in the Black Imagination:.			4195
A stranger in Windhoek.	Pieper, Werner	Letter to the Editor	377
Africa/ICC: Ghana bends the knee to USA: a furious debate has erupted in Ghana over the government's decision not to surrender American citizens for trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).	Mbakwe, Tom		812
America must be fair.	Zerihun, Abraham	Letter to the Editor	271
Biopiracy: Neem, the wonder tree: a classic example of biopiracy from which Africa has a lot to learn is the blatant pirating of the Neem tree, dubbed by the UN as the "tree of the 21st century".	Jere-Malanda, Regina	Cover Story	742
Blind eyes are not blind minds: blind people usually experience dejection and stereotyping. But what is not often considered is the psychological impact of blindness--the despair and the dependence on others. Donald Gwira wants the world to bridge the gap between the blind and the sighted.	Gwira, Donald		753
Botswana Sir Seretse, the mould breaker.	Grundy, Trevor		1200
Correction.		Correction Notice	94
How to love a black man: Genstacia Bull on Dr Ronn Elmore's practical book on relationships. There is something in it for everyone--both the "Brovas" and "Sistas".	Bull, Genstacia	Book Review	1460
Investigate murder of Africans in Europe.	Baldeh, Ebrima	Letter to the Editor	176
Kenya: No place for unethical judges: President Mwai Kibaki's war on corruption is catching some big fish, this time from the judiciary.	Njururi, Blamuel		656
Kenya: the Hola massacre: on 3 March 1959, 11 Kenyas were bludgeoned to death and many more were maimed by British colonial forces at a camp in Hola in the East Coast province. President Mwai Kibaki's government has now cleared the way for the British government to be sued for reparations. Wanjohi Kabukuru traces the systematic torture that was the hallmakr of British rule during the Mau Mau years.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		2480
Lesotho: no business as usual: eighteen foreign companies who bribed local officials are facing the music in Lesotho, and the noose is getting tighter for others.	Mbakwe, Tom		692
NEPAD--a white elephant?	Ochieng, Philip	Letter to the Editor	103
Nigeria: we won't be intimidated: Nigeria is set on a collision course with the US over the former Liberian president, Charles Taylor's asylum in Nigeria. Meanwhile, Nigeria says it is safe enough to host the Commonwealth Heads of Commonwealth Meeting in Abuja from 5-8 December.	Mbakwe, Tom; Duodu, Cameron		1148
Nigerians are up and going: visiting Nigeria again after a 10-year absence, I am fascinated with the changes. Abuja has grown enormously since I last saw it. Traffic jams are gradually taking on Lagos' dimensions. And buildings, huge ones, are going up all the time.	Duodu, Cameron		1473
Sankoh's death not untimely.	Lowe, Bernadette M.	Letter to the Editor	316
Solar energy made simple.	Osei, Kwabena		1957
South Africa: Agent 452 turns up: there has been a dramatic twist in the fight between the deputy president, Jacob Zuma, and the national director of public prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka--the spy in their saga has turned up.	Commey, Pusch		756
Tanzania solving the identity crisis: fed up with Western-style suits, the government of Tanzania is organising a competition for a national dress. Tsh54m has been set aside as prizes for competitors at local, district and national levels.	Tagama, Herald		847
The black man's burden.	Ankomah, Baffour		1602
The hidden facts.	Obiekezie, Christian	Letter to the Editor	97
The new scramble for Africa: biopiracy: Africa is losing billions of dollars through the filching of the continent's biodiversity by powerful Western companies and individuals. Here, we unearth how the stealing from Africa of centuries old indigenous knowledge of local resources (plants, herbs, seeds, livestock germ, etc), is increasingly becoming the new scramble for Africa.	Commey, Pusch	Cover Story	2752
The plight of the 'lost tribe'.	Gabrea, Beahilu	Letter to the Editor	213
Uganda: in defence of Milton Obote: Bob Astles, a Briton who served both President Milton Obote and Idi Amin says Obote did not ruin Uganda as claimed by President Museveni in his article. Why Africa Is Lagging Behind (NA, Nov). Rather he says, "history will record that an architect of the Ugandan problems, very much in evidence today, is Museveni himself.".	Astles, Bob		1595
USA black power loses political base: the numbers' game started 20 years ago when the US government coined the term "Hispanic" to describe that part of its citizenry whose origins could be traced to Spanish-speaking countries. The leaders of Black America were sleeping. Today the Hispanics have officially dethroned blacks (and the prvileges thereof) as the largest minority groun in the country.	Ablorh-Odjidja, E.		1347
We have to take action: if the West is not going to allow us to "trade" fairly and equally, if they refuse to allow the competition that will enable us to develop our economies and our lives, then we need to stop buying Western goods.	Orakwue, Stella		1580
Who says Africa is independent?			2969
Wrong about anthropologists.	Douglas, Peter	Letter to the Editor	232
Zambia: cost of war on corruption bites.	Chongo, Miriam	Letter to the Editor	188
Zambia: whence salvation? Political tensions remain and President Mwanawasa's popularity has hit a low ebb. A national conference he called last month has not helped matters either.	Geloo, Zarina		645
Zimbabwe: if only Bush will look the facts in the face: in early October, President George Bush told African journalists in Washington that he would not rest until there was a change of government in Zimbabwe. He does not like the state of the Zimbabwean economy and will continue to put pressure on neighboring states for a "regime change" in Harare.	Boateng, Osei		2004