Articles from New African (February 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'I feel optimistic about Africa'.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	2197
Brazil: the fall of a 'racial paradise'.	Jere-Malanda, Regina		2588
Correction.		Correction notice	73
Divide and rule: ... how Africans and African-Americans are prevented from working together.		Report	2276
Don't Africa me: in a new book (titled as above), a Nigerian author domiciled in the USA, C. P. Eze, criticises the corporate media, Hollywood celebrities, black immigrants, NGOs and others for hurting Africa's image worldwide through their portrayal of the continent as a "basket case". Tom Mbakwe reports.	Mbakwe, Tom	Book review	558
Fear of Western medicine justifiable.	Jones, Trevor	Letter to the editor	219
Ghana: why Kufuor did not get his man.	Jnr, Stephen Gyasi		1828
How do most people encounter change?	Orakwue, Stella		1739
In defence of Bishop Sentamu.	Chavunduka, Themba	Letter to the editor	282
Kenya elections: a tragic setback.	Jennings, Keith	Letter to the editor	553
Kenya: the people's will should prevail; Oheneba K. K. Busia writes about the sad events in Kenya and says it's no longer about Kenyans alone but us all: African governments, opposition parties, the progressive civil society, the AU, UN, Western countries, and above all the African people.	Busia, Oheneba K.K.		787
Kenya: what went wrong.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1983
Kenya: why the violence was so virulent; Charles Ouko reports from the ODM viewpoint on a chaotic post-election situation and why the violence took such speed and vehemence.	Ouko, Charles		1511
My kind of democracy.		Letter to the editor	170
Namibia: 'let's die fighting rather than die of maltreatment'.	Rosenberg, Anna		2450
Niger Delta crisis.	Katunga, Ayinde	Letter to the editor	468
Nigeria's man in London.	Esho, Abiodun	Letter to the editor	287
Oh! That this should happen to Kenya.	Duodu, Cameron		1707
Secret societies: Africa's way forward.	Ankomah, Baffour	Cover story	5322
Selassie deserves praise.	Degefu, W.	Letter to the editor	144
Slavery: the case for reparations (2).	Quartey, Kwesi		4077
Somalia: pirates beware; Thomas Land reports on a UN-backed programme combating piracy off Somalia's 3,008km coastline.	Land, Thomas		1147
South Africa: it's getting dirty!	Commey, Pusch		2112
The dangers of 'brand aid': good intentions don't always produce good results. This month, Carina Ray examines how highly commercialised aid initiatives, like Product(RED), are branding Africa as a helpless continent, and asks whether in the final analysis these fundraising campaigns hurt more than they help.	Ray, Carina		1365
The emperor's children: Peter Strandberg went to meet one of the grandchildren of the former emperor of Central African Republic, Jean Bedel Bokassa, and came back with the fascinating story of a family still haunted and hounded by the deeds of the emperor.	Strandberg, Peter	Biography	2798
The rise and rise of black consciousness: Santorri Chamley traces the roots of black consciousness movements which are growing from strength to strength, spawning a multi-billion-dollar industry ranging from reggae music, Afrocentric book publishing to African heritage tourism, fashion and beauty products.	Chamley, Santorri		2710
We have a future!	Fajemisin, Baba	Letter to the editor	279
Why Africa?... the art taking Europe by storm: Jean Pigozzi is a man with a passion. He has been collecting contemporary African art for nearly two decades and has built the world's most important collection of modern African art. Stephen Williams went to Turin in Italy to meet him and view the "Why Africa?" exhibition.	Williams, Stephen	Interview	1193
Why serious visioning and visioners are strangers in Africa.	Kumuyi, William F.	Viewpoint essay	1469
Worthy achievements of 2007.	Fofack, Hippolyte	Viewpoint essay	1617
Zimbabwe: come rain or shine, elections will be in March.	Sasa, Mabasa		1802