THE RACE CARD
White women’s opinion of black women & a brother’s response
Please take a moment and read this. Pretty Deep!
It seems that an article was written to Sister 2 Sister magazine by a Caucasian woman who requested a response from black men. I think she got what she asked for (and more, ha)!!!
Dear [...]

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The economic divide 
People of the west enjoyed African fortune for several hundred of years with no bargain. In this civilized world no one deny this fact every one of us knows that it is so unjust for the same people to live mythical over the Africans. One scholar said White people owe the Africans more [...]

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The millennium hype 
300,000 or something more people are expected to arrive at Addis for the millennium some including the government view this as an opportunity to harvest foreign money. Though I doubt the number I question, are we prepared to handle the responsibility? Yesterday our president officially opened the celebration, with a motto “2 tree [...]

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The Millennium Hype 
 Do we have any reason to fear the coming millennium as it turned to 2000, hope my computer will function properly, oh my account I’ve got to withdraw the balance ‘gomen betena”.  In our context not us but the government has to fear what the coming millennium will come up with as it [...]

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Can’t illegalities be tolerated for the good of citizens?
As part of its effort to beautify Addis and curb illegalities in housing and business related construction, the Addis Ababa city administration is busy with demolishing houses which it says are built illegally. This engagement of the caretaker administration compelled me to ask the question; can’t illegalities [...]

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Education

Our skill of English Language
In Ethiopia in particular and Africa in general there is a serious problem related to quality of language education. Particularly, the foreign languages that are being used as a medium of instruction in high schools and colleges. I think we should engage in a constructive debate about how to use our [...]

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Hello world!

There are two golden rules
for an orchestra: start
together and finish
together. The public
doesn’t give a damn what
goes on in between.
Harold Atkins and Archie
Newman Beecham Stories 
(1978)

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