Chika Ezeanya

When he thought of the book, Agozino clearly set out to write for the ordinary, everyday Nigerian.

The honour due to today’s African youth - for exceptional progress across fields and sectors - has been mostly obscured by the shame brought on by Africa’s leadership.

I read Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ for the first time in 2008. As a child, I had watched the movie on Nigerian Television and experienced nightmares for months afterwards. The screams of Ikemefuna as he was being sacrificed stayed with me for years.

Designed in 2000 by developed countries on behalf of developing countries, the MDGs were collectively promoted as a near-final solution to the development quagmire that drowns a section of the globe.

The legislation when in force will be a much needed, though daring move to liberate African coastal waters from age-long dominance by overseas entities, and a significant step towards the march to a more unified continent.

Transparency International has defined corruption as ‘the abuse of power for private gains’.

Before her election, when asked how she will bring about change if elected, Dlamini-Zuma responded, “I don’t think my contribution is about doing different things from the incumbent.” One must excuse the experienced diplomat and medical doctor by classifying that statement as the measured speech

The euro zone continues to falter as uncertainty surrounding the fiscal actions of Greece and Italy, skyrocketing unemployment figures and living costs lead to ever gloomier predictions.

18 years after that Day, tears of joy, like cow’s urine, spurted from my eyes. Imbabazi. Forgiveness. The word that started the journey to today. Mbabazi. The name we will give our first child. Whether boy or girl, Bizimana and I know that the first fruit of our love will be called Mbabazi.

On the 28 January 2012, African countries will collectively descend to a new low on the global index of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and actual independence of nations.