Articles from New African (July 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'We ain't no Africans!'.	Warner, Theresa	Letter to the editor	186
'We are so sorry'.	Magazi, Dali	Letter to the editor	274
A national disgrace!	Commey Pusch	Essay	3518
African fashion "it's part of our culture": meet Alphadi (left)--real name Seidnaly Sidhamed Alphadi--the pillar of the creative world of African fashion. As one of Africa's best known male designers, he has made Africa proud in Europe, America and of course Africa itself, climbing many hurdles on his way up. His creations as seen on these pages, are breathtaking. Feriel Berraies Guigny profiles and interviews the icon.	Guigny, Feriel Berraies	Interview	1629
An agent of positive change.	Tonpo, Jarlawah	Interview	2445
An ode to New African: it is not often that a reader, impressed with the sustained good work of a publication, writes an eulogy embossed on an African map in its honour. On 13 June, New African got more than that from one of its many admirers in Nigeria.			531
Anti-corruption crusade tests Yar'Adua's resolve: President Musa Yar'Adua has replaced the controversial chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, with a female former police officer. What does this portend for the crusade against corruption? Does it mean a dumbing down or a search for new ways of fighting corruption? Lindsay Barrett went to find out in Abuja.	Barrett, Lindsay		1794
As long as you are a black man ...	Barnett, Anthony	Letter to the editor	210
Becoming 'European': West Indian officers in British West Africa were categorised as "Europeans" by the colonial governments and given better salaries and working conditions than the "Natives". This is part one of a two part series exploring the fraught history of West Indian "European" colonial officers in British West Africa.	Ray, Carina		1495
Black is beautiful, even Vogue admits.	Mansa, Abena		1633
China may be right in Africa: by deviating from the West's democratic orthodoxy and emerging as an economic superpower nonetheless, China is a worry to the West because it fears that Chinese economic development and social progress, through a different, non-Western style, may be right for Africa, writes Prof Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, a professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) based in Shanghai, China.	Atuahen-Gima, Kwaku		1123
Colonial thoughts.	Jones, Arthur	Letter to the editor	143
Continued global dominance.	Oryema, Opiyo	Letter to the editor	201
Correction.	Akomolafe, Femi	Correction notice	61
Dutch response.	Burger, Pierre	Letter to the editor	191
First woman vice-president? For the first time in 51 years of its post-independence history, Ghana is likely to get a woman vice-presidential running mate in the upcoming December general elections. Stephen Gyasi Jnr reports from Accra.	Gyasi, Stephen, Jr.		1710
Foxing out Obama?	Rucker, James	Brief article	323
Hair today, gone tomorrow? You can avoid hair breakage ...			565
I may have Jamaican uncles.	Place, Ngozi	Letter to the editor	566
Justice dilemma for poll victims: six months after the events which greeted President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election victory, a deepening disagreement on the issue of amnesty for suspects of the post-election violence is stalling the progress of Kenya's road to peace. From Nairobi Daniel Ooko analyses the current political glitches.	Ooko, Daniel		1540
No freedom from the 1807 Act: an error crept into our May article, "1807 Act commemoration--what did we achieve?" written by Kwaku. Here, he sets the records straight, and offers us even more: William Wilberforce was the Parliamentary champion of the 1807 Act, yet wrote that "it would be wrong to emancipate the slaves. To grant freedom to them immediately would be to ensure not only their masters' ruin, but their own.".			1174
No good painting with a broad brush.	Kamara, Alassan	Letter to the editor	133
Not a bad thing.	Barnard, Alan Stuart	Letter to the editor	162
Nothing excels like excellence itself ... the remarkable story of Africa--and Africans (both continental and diasporan)--at the Olympic Games.	Goodwin, Clayton		1962
Obama a life inside the American dream.	Armah, Ayi Kwei		4503
Obama has cleared the way for black achievement.	Duodu, Cameron		1622
Setting and scoring your goals: goals are stated ambitions; and all leaders know they must set them and follow them up till they are accomplished. For, failure to set goals reduces leadership to management by chance and hunches--a sure recipe for corporate disaster.	Kumuyi, William F., Dr		1443
Show the world the other side of Africa.	Atime, Sister Vivian		1002
Sibongile Sambo flying high.			689
Sickle cell disease patients should beware of heroin pumps.	Mbakwe, Tom	Disease/Disorder overview	1843
Stella is right.	Harris, Carryl	Letter to the editor	208
Thank you, and thank you again.	Okonkwo, Kennedy	Letter to the editor	362
The economic power of Africa's creativeness: diversification is the buzz word when talking about Africa's economic growth. Stephen Williams reports on how the continent's underexploited creative industries can offer new opportunities for Africa to leapfrog into new areas of the world economy.	Williams, Stephen		1077
The irresistible car for Africa: it is not every day you have the opportunity to drive and evaluate a choice of more than 30 different car models, but that is what was provided for at the Nissan 360 event at Cascais, Portugal. New African's Stephen Williams was there and took to the wheel.	Williams, Stephen		1340
Time to stop blaming others.	Mtengwa, Tamuka	Letter to the editor	296
Welcome to New African Woman.	Jere-Malanda, Regina	Editorial	746
Western media and Africa.	Cabral, Richmond	Letter to the editor	103
Who will save South Africa? The South Africans who are attacking other Africans should ask themselves: "What would Africans whose enormous contributions helped to free South Africa from apartheid, feel, if they could hear that South Africans were now killing fellow Africans?", writes Cameron Duodu.	Duodu, Cameron		2890
Women of substance winning the battle of empowerment: in every community in Africa and its diaspora, there is a woman motivating other Africa women to succeed in their lives. Women are becoming indispensable contributors to the search for practical solutions and nation building. Bekwase Mwale-Adams reports on how for every positive change in Africa, there is a woman of substance behind it.	Mwale-Adams, Bekwase	Essay	1518
Xenophobic South Africans have a lot to learn.	Sesanti, Simphiwe		1322
Yellow journalism?	Dubbeldam, Jolanda	Letter to the editor	370