F.W. De Klerk, Former South African President Who Dismantled Apartheid, Dies at 85
F.W. de Klerk, who dramatically dismantled the apartheid system in South Africa that he and his ancestors had helped put
In Case You Missed It: 7/18/16–7/24/16
This week’s most important headlines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Bill Gates invests $5 billion into the African continent and a look into the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Bill Gates to invest $5 billion into the African continent over the next 5 years Bill Gates, the founder of American…
Mandela’s Leadership Accommodated the Needs of South Africans: Ajume Wingo
The death of Mandela is not to be regretted and mourned, but to be consecrated and celebrated. There is another proverb from my home of Nso, which says: “god’s life is in god’s deeds” and should “god’s deeds die then god will.” The Mandela exit is alive and well and so it is proper to talk…
Mandela’s Uniqueness: He Gave Up Power When It Could Have Corrupted Him
There is a saying from my home of Nso (in the North West Region of Cameroon) that what is regrettable is death in life, not clinical death itself.” As an African I am touched, as are many people from around the world, by the death of Nelson Mandela popularly known in South Africa as Madiba.…
Democracy in Cameroon Hinges on Youth Participation
My wife and I traveled to Cameroon in April this year to visit friends that we had made on a trip in 2010. Being our second trip to Cameroon, we saw different aspects of the country than we had previously. The following is a brief description of how we perceived the cultural and political environment…