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Nelson
Mandela, Tribute to the
world's political superstar and Lion of
Africa
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's
burden
mounts with murder charges, trials
Why Bush should focus on dangers
facing Nigeria's return
to democracy
and Obasanjo's slipperyslide
  TRIBUTE
A KING FOR
ALL TIMES:
Why Martin Luther King's
legacy
and vision are relevant into 21st century.
DIPLOMACY
Walter
Carrington:
African-American diplomat who put principles above self for
Nigeria  (USAfrica's
founder Chido Nwangwu with Ambassador Carrington at the U.S.
embassy, Nigeria)
DEMOCRACY'S
WARRIOR
Out of
Africa.
…The
cock that crows in the morning belongs to one household but
his voice is the property of the neighborhood. -- Chinua
Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah. An editor carries on
his crusade against public corruption and press
censorship
in his native Nigeria and other African countries. By
John Suval.
The Economics of Elections
in Nigeria
HUMAN
RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
How far, how deep will Nigeria's human rights
commission go?
Rtd. Gen. Babangida trip as
emissary for Nigeria's Obasanjo to Sudan raises curiosity,
questions about what next in power
play?
110 minutes
with Hakeem Olajuwon
Nigerian
stabbed
to death
in his bathroom in Houston.
Since 1958, Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" set a standard
of artistic excellence,
and more. By Douglas Killam
Why Chinua Achebe, the
Eagle on the Iroko, is Africa's writer of the
century. By Chido Nwangwu(First written on March
1, 2002, for USAfrica, updated for Prof. Achebe's 74th
Birthday tribute on November 16, 2004, and published in
CLASS magazine
same month): Africa's most acclaimed and fluent writer of
the English Language, the most translated writer of Black
heritage in the world, broadcaster extraordinaire, social
conscience of millions, cultural custodian and elevator,
chronicler and essayist, goodwill ambassador and man of
progressive rock-ribbed principles, the Eagle
on the Iroko, Ugo n'abo Professor Chinua
Achebe, has recently been selected by a
distinguished jury of scholars and critics (from 13
countries of African life and literature) as the writer of
the Best book (Things Fall Apart, 1958) written in the
twentieth century regarding Africa. Reasonably, Achebe's
message has been neither dimmed nor dulled by time and
clime. He's our pathfinder, the intellectual godfather of
millions of Africans and lovers of the fine
art of good writing. Achebe's cultural contexts are, at
once, pan-African, globalist and local; hence, his literary
contextualizations soar beyond the confines of Umuofia and
any Igbo or Nigerian setting of his creative imagination or
historical recall.
His globalist underpinnings and outlook are truly
reflective of the true essence of his Igbo world-view, his
Igbo upbringing and disposition. Igbos and Jews share (with
a few other other cultures) this pan-global disposition to
issues of art, life, commerce, juridical pursuits, and quest
to be republicanist in terms of the vitality of the
individual/self. In Achebe's works, the centrality of Chi
(God) attains an additional clarity in the Igbo cosmology...
it is a world which prefers a quasi-capitalistic business
attitude while taking due cognizance of the usefulness of
the whole, the community. I've studied, lived and tried to
better understand, essentially, the rigor and towering moral
certainties which Achebe have employed in most of his works
and his world. I know, among other reasons, because I share
the same ancestry with him. Permit me to attempt a brief
sentence, with that Achebean simplicty and clarity.
Here, folks, what the world has known since 1958: Achebe is
good! Eagle on the Iroko, may your Lineage endure! There has
never been one like you!
Ugo n'abo, chukwu gozie gi oo!. Chido
Nwangwu, recipient of the Journalism Excellence award
(1997), is Founder and Publisher of USAfricaonline.com
(first African-owned U.S.-based professional newspaper to be
published on the internet), USAfrica The Newspaper,
CLASS magazine and
The
Black Business Journal. He has served as an
adviser to the Mayor of Houston on international business
(Africa) and appears as an analyst on CNN, VOA, NPR, CBS
News, NBC and ABC news affiliates.
This USAfricaonline.com commentary is copyrighted.
Archiving on any other web site or newspaper is unauthorized
except with a Written Approval by USAfricaonline.com
Founder.
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DEBATE:
How
Black intellectuals let Africa down, and western
stereoptypes complicate the
rest.
By Cedrick Ngalande at the USC, Los
Angeles
 Africa
suffers the scourge of the virus.
This life and pain of Kgomotso Mahlangu, a
five-month-old AIDS patient (above) in a hospital in the
Kalafong township near Pretoria, South Africa, on October
26, 1999, brings a certain, frightening reality to the
sweeping and devastating destruction of human beings who
form the core of any definition of a country's future, its
national security, actual and potential economic development
and internal markets.
22 million Africans HIV-infected, ill
with AIDS
while African leaders
ignore disaster-in-waiting
In a special report a few hours after the history-making
nomination, USAfricaonline.com
Founder and Publisher Chido Nwangwu places Powell within the
trajectory of history and into his unfolding clout and
relevance in an essay titled 'Why Colin
Powell
brings gravitas, credibility and star power to Bush
presidency.'
Powell
named Secretary State by G.W. Bush; bipartisan commendations
follow.
AFRICA
AND THE U.S. ELECTIONS
Beyond U.S.
electoral shenanigans, rewards and dynamics of a democratic
republic hold
lessons
for
African politics.
 CONTINENTAL
AGENDA
Bush's position on
Africa
is "ill-advised."
The position
stated by Republican presidential aspirant and Governor of
Texas, George Bush where  he
said that "Africa will not be an area of priority" in his
presidency has been questioned by
USAfricaonline.com Publisher Chido
Nwangwu. He added that Bush's "pre-election position was
neither validated by the economic exchanges nor
geo-strategic interests of our two continents."
These views were
stated during an interview CNN's anchor Bernard Shaw and
senior analyst Jeff Greenfield had with Mr. Nwangwu on
Saturday November 18, 2000 during a special edition of
'Inside Politics 2000.'
Nwangwu,
adviser to the Mayor of Houston (the 4th largest city in the
U.S., and immigrant home to thousands of Africans) argued
further that "the issues of the heritage interests of 35
million African-Americans in Africa, the volume and value of
oil business between between the U.S and Nigeria and the
horrendous AIDS crisis in Africa do not lend any basis for
Governor Bush's ill-advised
position which
removes Africa from fair consideration" were he to be
elected president.
By Al Johnson
Johnnie Cochran
will soon learn that defending Abacha's
loot is not as simple as his O.J Simpson's
case.
By Chido Nwangwu
Should Africa debates begin
and end at
The
New York Times and
The
Washington Post?
No
Cheryl
Mills' first class defense of Clinton and her detractors'
game
It's wrong
to stereotype Nigerians as Drug
Dealers
Private initiative,
free
market forces, and more
democratization
are Keys to prosperity in Africa
Apple announces Titanium,
"killer
apps" and other
ground-breaking products for 2001. iTunes makes a record
500,000 downloads.
Steve Jobs extends digital
magic
CLASS
is the social events, heritage excellence and style magazine
for Africans in north America, described by The New York
Times as the magazine for affluent Africans
in America. It is
published by professional journalists and leading mulitmedia
leaders and pioneers.
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OBASANJO'S FAILED 3RD TERM POWER-PLAY IS GOOD NEWS TO NIGERIANS,
ABROAD AND HOME....
USAfricaonline.com and its correspondents in Nigeria
and across the major cities of the U.S are reporting an increasing
tally of anti-3rd term phone calls and e-mails from our readers. By a
margin of almost 7-2, USAfricaonline.com data show that an
overwhelming majority of the politically active citizenry are happy
that Nigeria's Senate halted retired
Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo's stealthy, unpopular, behind-the-scenes-wink
and nod power plays to secure an "unrequested" 3rd term as president
of Nigeria (a total of 12 consecutive years).
custodian
and elevator, chronicler and essayist, goodwill ambassador and man of
progressive rock-ribbed principles, the Eagle
on the Iroko, Ugo n'abo Professor Chinua
Achebe, has recently been selected by a
distinguished jury of scholars and critics (from 13 countries of
African life and literature) as the writer of the Best book (Things
Fall Apart, 1958) written in the twentieth century regarding Africa.
Reasonably, Achebe's message has been neither dimmed nor dulled by
time and clime. He's our pathfinder, the intellectual godfather of
millions of Africans and lovers of the fine