Posts Tagged ‘African psychology’

The Empty Symbol That is Barrack Obama

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Barrack Obama (more…)

The West Has Many Distractions: Focus on That Which Is Important Not That Which Is Urgent

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Part 10 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I came to Australia

This post is about questions. Who has the answers? YOU. As you go through this post, take a moment and answer as many of these questions as you can honestly. It’s not a quiz so don’t worry about being right or wrong.Hopefully these questions will be the seed that will trigger something special in your mind. We begin with the question:

Pondering

What Did You Do Today That Really Mattered? (more…)

Is This How You Define Yourself?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

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Part four of the 10 things I wish I knew before I landed in Australia

From time to time I write a post that is not specific to the African community but is more general and a lot more far reaching. Consider this one of those posts.

We begin with the age old question:

Who Are You, Really?

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What It Means To Be a Part of the African Race Not Just the Human One

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

This post is a little winding, so please bear with me and I hope you get the nugget of truth that I was aiming for.

Part five of the 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Landed in Australia

Black power in a Western world

Today’s story is one of transition. How is it that I went from a place of being deeply ashamed of my race to a place where it became one of the cornerstones of my identity? The story is not a linear one and a lot of the time it wasn’t very logical. As you read this I hope you see not only a glimmer of yourself in the past but also have a greater understanding of where you are now and perhaps begin to dream up who you could be in the future.

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What’s Wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Hey,

Today I thought I would share with you all two great resources all revolving around answering the same question: What’s wrong with Africa? Is it Africans?

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As an African are You Ashamed of This?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Part three of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

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You know it’s absoloutely amazing how ‘coincidences’ (is there really such a thing) occur at just the right time. As I was sitting down to right this article I noticed a great post from the Whispering Inn which ties in pefectly with what I want to talk about in this post. Please go to this page and listen to the audio of Mzee Jommo Kenyatta’s speech

I Am His African Child and I Feel Betrayed (more…)