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Facebook most popular on the mobile Web in Africa
by karlcow
Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets are extremely popular in Africa, but Samsung is a significant exception, boasting the most popular phone used by Opera Mini users in South Africa, Zambia and Namibia.
December 2009
Apartheid in South Africa : un album sur Flickr
by sbrothier
Apartheid became the official policy of the Government of South Africa in 1948, following the election of the Herenigde Nasionale Party, later renamed the National Party. Under this policy, racial discrimination was institutionalized. The lives of the Africans, who made up almost 75 per cent of the population, were controlled by the unjust segregation laws from birth to the grave. They were proscribed where to live, who to marry and the type of education they would receive in the country of their birth.
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November 2009
BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali adulterer stoned to death
by paulantoinem
Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth. via news.bbc.co.uk ...
October 2009
Luxury holidays
by KABBOTT
Luxury holidays to Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, India, Indian Ocean, the Middle East and Latin America using incomparable global expertise and local knowledge'
September 2009
Al Jazeera English - Africa - Firms reap Somali piracy profits
by paulantoinem
via english.aljazeera.net ...
August 2009
June 2009
Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe
by garret
"Radiodiffusion Internasionaal is devoted to the evolution of popular music from Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia and the proliferation of Western influences on these non-Western cultures. The focus is primarily the music from the mid 60's to the mid 70's."
Ubuntu (philosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ubuntu (philosophy)
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Nelson Mandela explains the concept of Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a classical African concept. (Dion Forster 2006a:252)[1]
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Meaning
An attempt at a longer definition has been made by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999):
“ A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed. ”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu further explained Ubuntu as follows (2008):
“ One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity.
We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.
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April 2009
Gallery - Where's the remotest place on Earth? - Image 5 - New Scientist
by karlcow
Unlike roads, which can evolve out of any old dirt track, railways require skilled labour and considerable investment. As a result, they are confined mainly to the richer nations of Europe, the US, Australia and Japan.
Railway networks in India, Argentina and parts of Africa give clues to their colonial heritage.
Maker Faire Africa
by karlcow
Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 13-15 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra.
March 2009
February 2009
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? - Telegraph
by jallatte
The underwater image can be found at the co-ordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W.
January 2009
350 - Accidental Maps: Cartocacoethes or Blatant Pareidolia? « Strange Maps
by blackgoldfish
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“I was cooking this typical Argentinian food called milanesa, when I found the map of Africa in my saucepan,” writes Manuel Barcia from Argentina. "
December 2008
BBC NEWS | Africa | Getting high on HIV drugs in S Africa
by karlcow
un dernier moment de plaisir avant de mourirAids patients themselves have been found smoking the drugs instead of taking them as prescribed.
