Pretty strong title huh? To be honest, the title makes one very small omission, the title should actually be “Why we are responsible for the riots and what we can do about it.”
200+ people are now dead in just 2 days….absolutely amazing. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Kenya’
Why YOU are responsible for the violence in Kenya and what YOU can do about it? (Why is there violence in Kenya after the elections part 1)
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Kibaki Wins; Who Cares?! (Part 1.5)
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
I am now feeling much better and much lighter after expressing myself on my previous post.Now after reflection here are a couple of distinctions:
1) It’s a pretty negative article; My hope is in having the contrast of hearing what I have to say when I am coming from a great place and when I am coming from a negative place you will understand me and the messages I present to you via this site a bit better.
2) Kibaki did do some good work during his term. He did a helluva lot of things wrong (more…)
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Landed in Australia
Monday, December 3rd, 2007The first post of the Displaced African blog: Yeah!
First of all I must confess the title of the series is somewhat misleading. I almost never experience the emotion of regret to be quite honest. Instead I always look at every stupid thing I do as a learning experience for the next moment. If it were written for me I would have called it Ten things I have learned during my 5 year stay in Australia. The fact is, I am not writing this for me, I am writing this as a resource for ALL OF YOU especially if you somewhere in Mama Africa about to make the long journey to a Western country. I hope this series is of service to you and feel free to contact me and let me know your thoughts, in spite of your location or ethnicity.
Picture this: It’s cold winter day in June 2002. The world cup final is playing out, Brazil vs Germany. This is the big one. The greatest world cup ever. Something even more important was happening in my life. (more…)