Articles from New African (November 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A giant step for mankind (2): Osei Boateng concludes the amazing story of the mixed race marriage of Botswana's first president Seretse Khama, and "British typist" Ruth Williams, a union which rocked the foundations of the British Empire because of hostile opposition both in Britain and Southern African against black men consorting with white women.	Boateng, Osei	Book review	5219
Africa led, others followed.	Basuglo, Kingsley	Letter to the editor	116
Africa must promote itself.	Morrison, Brent	Letter to the editor	245
African victims of the Anglo-Boer War: there are thousands of victims whose lives and deaths must be remembered as part and parcel of one of modern history's most painful and protracted birthing processes--the Anglo-Boer War. For without them, the Republic of South Africa might not have been born at all.	Ray, Carina	Column	1769
Angola: Africa's oldest athlete cycles into history; Brendan Sainsbury reports on the exploits of an extraordinary 85-year-old man, Alberto "Pepino" Silva, who is challenging over-65-year-olds worldwide to a cycle race in Angola next July.	Sainsbury, Brendan		711
Black like me.	Tasara, Andrew	Letter to the editor	94
Blind cameras.	Obeng, Prince	Letter to the editor	102
Bring back Palaver.		Letter to the editor	102
Cameroon: good football bad facilities; When you see Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o mesmerising European opponents with his skills, you see Cameroon at its best. But back home, Cameroon football "at all levels is very sick", says Joseph Antoine-Bell, one of Cameroon's greatest goalkeepers. New African's Osasu Obayiuwana went to find out.	Obayiuwana, Osasu		1820
Canada: mine all mine; Canada has become the number one investor in African mining and is expected to pour a further US$46bn into the continent's mining industry in the next three years. Innocent Madawo reports from Toronto.	Madawo, Innocent		729
Cote d'Ivoire: how Houphouet's house of sand collapsed.	Duodu, Cameron	Country overview	2566
George Bush: 'we can build a world where people are free to speak'.			1637
Ghana: 'moneycracy' and Kufuor's successors; Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) selects its presidential candidate for next year's elections at a crucial party congress fixed for 22 December. But already the money being splashed around by some of the 19 contestants has raised eyebrows countrywide. Stephen Gyasi Jnr reports from Accra.	Jnr, Stephen Gyasi		1285
Go East, my son.	Akomolafe, Femi		1585
Kampala, the host city.		City overview	591
Kenya: the race is truly on; After over a dozen presidential aspirants expressed interest in the December elections, the wheat has now been separated from the chaff and only three remain standing. Wanjohi Kabukuru gives some insight into the issues at stake and what the top three contenders have to offer.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1108
Mugabe: 'let Mr Bush read history correctly'.			1525
Nigeria's man in London: Dozie Nwanna is Nigeria's acting high commissioner to the UK. He has many (some would say "controversial") views about his country, Africa and the world. Mercy Eze interviewed him, and here are excerpts.	Eze, Mercy	Interview	1551
Of what use is the president?	Muhumuza, Gumma	Letter to the editor	228
Open your eyes, Dr Sentamu.		Letter to the editor	213
Profiting from poverty: ... how Western companies and consultants exploit Africa.	Jere-Malanda, Regina		4066
Sarkozy comments an insult to Africa.	Chabari, Kimathi E.	Letter to the editor	233
Should Mandela statue be in UK's Parliament Square (2).	Duodu, Cameron		1491
Sierra Leone: hail to the new president; In football, the pundits would call it "scoring against the run of play". Nobody gave Ernest Koroma and his APC party a dog's chance to win Sierra Leone's elections. But they won! And their new government is already at work. Lansana Gberie reports.	Gberie, Lansana		1245
South Africa: the Scorpions vs the police boss.	Commey, Pusch		1323
Soyinka: 'Obasanjo and me'; Controversy and Prof Wole Soyinka are bedfellows. And he is annoyed with Obasanjo's "lies" about his second coming as president in May 1999. "We've been on a roller coaster since we first met," Soyinka says. "The battle between us came with his second coming as he didn't win it." Uchenna Izundu went to interview Soyinka for New African.	Izundu, Uchenna	Interview	1190
Success lies in people.	Place, Ngozi	Letter to the editor	66
Thabo Mbeki: 'let our actions speak louder than our words'.			1691
The case for servant leadership: what Africa needs for its redemption is servant leadership instead of the self-serving governance that the continent is famed for. Our leaders should add the servanthood attitude to their attributes and demonstrate that their primary motivation for seeking to lead the people is rooted in a deep desire to serve and help out.	Kumuyi, William F.		1409
The Diaspora and the future of Africa (2): we conclude the article by Dr Yves M. Lamour on how Africa and its Diaspora can survive and prosper under the current globalisation of values, way of life, information, technological methods and markets. Part One was published in the October issue.	Lamour, Yves M.	Report	2448
The Malaysian example.	Salman, Ali	Letter to the editor	252
They're hunting monks in Burma--so what?	Orakwue, Stella		1626
Uganda: ready for Commonwealth; The Commonwealth holds its biennial heads of government meeting in Kampala, Uganda, from 23-25 November. Tom Mbakwe and Derek Ingram (an executive committee member of the Commonwealth's Human Rights Initiative), have looked through their crystal balls and seen some tough issues lying in wait for the Kampala meeting.	Mbakwe, Tom; Ingram, Derek	Agency overview	1825
UN: a tale of three speeches.			500
Zambian beauties lead the way: African women are advancing rapidly in high-profile activities such as television presentation and beauty pageants ... and Zambians are in the vanguard of that advance, reports Clayton Goodwin.	Goodwin, Clayton		1175
Zimbabwe: burying the truth; Hajia Aminata Sow, a retired Guinean jurist and historian, spent six months in Zimbabwe earlier this year, and, encouraged by the "Zimbabwe debate" in our last issue, writes about what she saw during her visit.	Sow, Hajia Aminata		2826