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	<title>Orijin Culture &#187; Angola</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Do It Like De Man Dem&#8221;: Yaa Asantewaa [Queen Mother of Ejisu]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nekita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When asked “what advantage do women have over men?”, recently crowed Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes declared that “women are more powerful than men&#8230; they can do everything a man can do and more.” While many men probably brushed off her comments and instead chose to focus on the stunning contestant’s beauty, her comments were welcomed and celebrated by women around the world. Despite their ascribed subaltern position in a male dominated world, many women have long argued that if given the full opportunity to exercise the power we possess in this world, the world will be a better place. This is not to argue that men are a not the chosen leaders of their families nor to insinuate in any way that men are inferior to women, but rather, it is said to affirm the strength and power women possess &#8211; a fact denied to far too many women around the world.
While the current Miss Universe Leila Lopes will inevitably serve as a positive role model and inspiration for Africans (African as expressed in this piece refers to all Africans throughout the Diaspora), there were other courageous and inspirational women who have paved the way for her. Threatened by the invasion of the British and their incoming encroachment upon her nation’s sovereignty and authority, Yaa Asantewaa demonstrated strength, courage and resilience when she led the men of Asante (Asante Warriors) in battle against the British. With all of the male leaders of her tribe, including her brother Nana Akwasi Okpese the ruler of Ejisu (now part of modern-day Ghana) and the King of Asante Prempeh I, exiled to Seychelles, the Queen Mother of Ejisu exercised the strength of a woman by not only calling on her fellow men but also fellow women to lead the Asante rebellion against the British. The goal of the “war of the Golden Stool” in 1900 was to defend the symbol of their nation, the Golden Stool (the supreme symbol of the sovereignty and authority of the Asante people) and bring her King back to his rightful place.

In a secret meeting with the remaining Asante chiefs on how to defend their nation, Yaa Asantewaa expressed her fearlessness by stating:
&#8220;Now I see that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it [was] in the brave days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokje, and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see their king to be taken away without firing a shot. No European could have dared speak to chiefs of Asante in the way the governor spoke to you this morning. Is it true that the bravery of Asante is no more? I cannot believe it. It cannot be! I must say this: if you, the men of Asante, will not go forward, then we will. We, the women, will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight! We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields.”
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		<title>Where is my &#8220;Honey &amp; Milk&#8221;, Abroad or back Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nekita</dc:creator>
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As immigrants from “developing” countries, many of us have left our home nations in search for a “better” life in the “developed” west. We predominantly settle in countries in Europe and North America as we have been conditioned to believe that these countries will enable us to attain a better quality of education, superior jobs and thus, a better life. While for the most part, we are often very grateful for the opportunities having the ability to live ‘abroad’ afford us, we often fail to recognize and cherish the opportunities our very own “developing nations have to offer.
While many of us might not be willing to appreciate or fail to see the benefits our home countries have to offer, other emigrants from the lands of opportunity in the “developed” world are now taking advantage of them. Many educated young people from Portugal have become frustrated with the situation in their rather “developed” home country and have been immigrating to their country’s former colonies in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique, in hopes of being able to secure better jobs and thus a better life.
The irony of this role reversal is that while native Brazilians, Mozambicans and Angolans are looking to the west for a better life, their counterparts in the West are looking at their native country for the same outcome. Why do these “developing” countries possess that is attractive to young Portuguese men and women but remain unseen to most Brazilians, Mozambicans and Angolans?
Some may argue that unlike their counterparts who reside in these “developing” countries, Portuguese men and women have had the privilege of being able to acquire a higher education and bring much needed skills to these country’s development and infrastructure. If this is indeed the case, then why are we not insisting that the native inhabitants of these countries, who had had the privilege of acquiring a higher education abroad return home and help build their countries, as appose to possibly fostering a new form of colonialism – one that will see these arriving Portuguese in positions of position and power, while the local populations are forced to rely on the services they provide? While such a question is laden with hypocrisy, in that if many people in these developing countries were to ask the same question about immigrants who arrive, stay and thrive in their countries they will most like face backlash, it is still a valid question given the history of these “developing” countries being former colonies.
Labelled the countries “lost generation,” these young Portuguese men and women are seeking to take advantage of the rapid development being experienced in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique. Their desire to leave the benefits their home country has to offer (healthcare, education, rather developed infrastructure) has been propelled by the fact that unemployment rates among youths ages 16 and 25 in Portugal is an astounding 26.8 per cent. Despite their skills and education, many young people in Portugal are finding it very difficult to find jobs and make a better life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrities from US that went to Africa for MAMA 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ameyaw Debrah</dc:creator>
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The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) is fast gaining a reputation for  assembling the hottest talents from Africa and the rest of the world in  Africa. The 2010 MAMAs certainly set the notch higher when it opened  with an explosive performance by Hip Hop ‘heavyweight’, Rick Ross,  and  closed with an unforgettable rendition of “Win” featuring T-Pain, Rick  Ross, Da LES and 2Face – a world first. 
But that wasn’t all.  In keeping with the tradition of the awards,  the show featured an array of electrifying collaborations between  artists from different parts of the continent, mixing up music genres,  language and cultures in an unprecedented extravaganza of African  talent.  Among the collaborations was an African hiphop -meet- American  hiphop with Sarkodie, Mo Chedda and Chuck D (Public Enemy). There was  also unexpected rock-meet-rap fusion by 2Face Idibia and South African  rock outfit The Parlotones. The performance of Banky W’s “Lagos Party”  saw South Africa’s Big Nuz, Angola’s Cabo Snoop and Paul G and DRC’s  Barbara Kanam rocking the house with the first ever truly pan-African  version of the hit track.
The host of the ceremony, Eve also rapped briefly alongside Nigeria’s  Sasha. And among other collaborations, Fally Ipupa and J Martins did  their hit song ‘Jupa Remix’.  The full list of performers on the night  included:  2Face (Nigeria), Banky W (Nigeria), Barbara Kanam (DRC), Big  Nuz (South Africa), Cabo Snoop (Angola), Daddy Owen (Kenya), Diamond  (Tanzania), Eve (USA), Fally Ipupa (DRC), J. Martins (Nigeria), Jozi  (South Africa), Liquideep (South Africa), Lizha James (Mozambique), Mo  Cheddah (Nigeria), Paul G (Angola), P-Unit (Kenya), Public Enemy (USA),  Radio &#38; Weasel (Uganda), Rick Ross (USA), Sarkodie (Ghana), Sasha  (Nigeria), T-Pain (USA), Teargas (South Africa), The Parlotones (South  Africa), Wande Coal (Nigeria).
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		<title>2010 WORLDCUP will stay in Africa-THE FEVER HAS JUST BEGUN!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the teams representing Africa for the 2010 world cup:
Ghana

Cameroon

Cote d&#8217;Ivoire(Ivory Coast)

Algeria

Nigeria

South Africa


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