January 2011
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Interview with Erika of Mikuti →
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I was recently ogling, as I do, some bracelets made from banana trees (a true Chagga girl am I!). It was then that I discovered Mikuti, a socially active company that creates unique pieces of…
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A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey...
– George Santayana
via @rushay
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Rumba, Lumumba and I →
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Most people want to change their behaviors or more commonly the behaviors of...
– — Lolly Daskal
“The idea that, in order to create positive change in our communities and for our beloved continent, we need to look inwards first.” via Afrilove
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The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who...
– Angeles Arrien
via @kyraocity
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Isle of Peace into Pieces: A Call To Disarm
Sitting allowance series by Kenyan artist, Petersen Kamawathi
The haunting omen of violence started 2011 with a common thread of police brutality in Tanzania and Tunisia. Under the shameless guise of “law and order”, this cloudy predicament stretching above Africa threatens to erase all the remaining traces of peace as a claim to fame. Never since the days of Habib Bourguiba has Tunisia...
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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
– Alice Walker
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#Nigeria: VOTE OR QUENCH
VOTEORQUENCH.ORG MOBILIZES YOUTH TO IMPACT THE 2011 NIGERIAN ELECTIONS
Vote or Quench, a social media and online platform created to inform and interact with Nigeria’s youth on electoral issues, is teaming up with several other youth empowerment groups and blogs for a push to raise awareness about the critical and fundamental registration period taking place for two weeks between...
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I feel Africa needs young, fresh leaders who aim at uniting Africans and boost...
– @Rushay
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