Archive for September, 2008
Interview with Pamoja Media & African Path Co-Founder: Benin Mwangi (Part 2)
Friday, September 26th, 2008
For All My Dreamers Out There
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Great message, smooth melody and even smoother video: Enjoy!
Click here for the interview I conducted with STL aka Stella Mwangi.
Interview with Pamoja Media & African Path Co-Founder: Benin Mwangi (Part 1)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
My 4 Hour Work Week Journey: How I Selected Products to Test
Friday, September 19th, 2008This is day 12 (well in truth much longer, probably 3-4 months now but my 12th post) of My 4 Hour Work Week Journey. Please make sure you read the rest of the articles that came before this one to understand where I am in the journey. Click here to buy a copy of the 4 hour work week and go on the journey with me.
In the previous edition, we discovered the niche that I had selected: the bloggers and podcasting niche. On this episode, I walk you through how I selected what products to test and what ultimately got tested. (more…)
Do You Know Sound Editing?
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Hey folks,
As a lot of you will know, one of the things that sets
www.theDisplacedAfrican.com apart (more…)
Thanks and Celebration
Sunday, September 14th, 2008Today I received the physical copy of my first ever newspaper article. (more…)
Would You Play a Game of Russian Roulette?
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Hello people,
My name is Caroline Achieng Otieno, and I am a guest blogger at the Displaced African, and a regular contributor to The African Bulletin – www.mediablackberry.com. Having lived in the Netherlands for the past seven years, and experiencing the good, the bad and the ugly, I must say that I have observed a lot going on in Europe. I feel sad for the many Africans, who escape war and other tragic situations, come into Europe through very difficult means (some even trekking the desert through Northern Africa) and when they get here, they face other hurdles in trying to build an existence for themselves and their families back home. What hurts the most is that the system set in place makes our African sisters do things they would not ordinarily do, just because of their legal status or the lack of it thereof. The following article is another version of the article I wrote for African Bulletin in the April issue, feedback is welcome…
Why Live 8 Sucked and What You Can Do About It
Monday, September 8th, 2008Why Live 8 Sucked and What You Can Do About It?
Hey,
If you didn’t think I was odd before, get ready to believe I am. I was reading a great free report by Rich Schefren and in the midst of it, he asked us to create a faux-advertisement to hire staff to our organization.
Rich proposed that instead of thinking of what we offer as simply a job we should think of our firm as standing for a higher purpose and giving folks a chance to join that.
Now, I don’t own a firm, hence, the unedited, unproofed, “quite different” article today. Felt good to write it, pretty darn good. (more…)
Would You Move in with Your Partner Before Marriage?
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008My co-host on SARFM radio (I get tickled silly that I can say that), Pammy, sent me an email asking me to check out a video.
The Topic of the Video: Should You Move in with Him?
It was 3 African women discussing whether or not they should move in with a man while living in the disapora. Check out the Youtube video right here:
What’s Very Cool About the Video?
Is its something that’s relevant to me and that I can relate to: I have many friends and acquaintances who have moved in with their romantic and sexual partners.
Sure its very common for Westerners to do it, actually here in Oz de facto couples have almost equal rights to marriage couples depending on the duration of their union, but very rarely is it discussed by us for us.
So Check Out the Video
Leave some Youtube comments and let them know what you think. If you have anything to add to the topic area, you are free to leave a comment below.
Have an awesome day,
Mwangi
Why Don’t We Call Ourselves African Australians?
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to participate in a documentary on the Ethiopian youth who live in commission housing in a suburb called Carlton.
Considering my shallow understanding of the topic area, I invited along a friend of mine from church – big up to U – who just happened to be of Ethiopian descent and happened to be working in the migrant resource centre (not in Carlton though).
Interesting Question (more…)