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The 10th Sullivan Honors event brought togetherAfricanists from around the US, ready to see the 2011Sullivan Honorees revealed. It was an exciting evening thatbrought together members of the African DiplomaticCommunity, Heads of State, Congressmen, and Senators.
The Sullivan Honors are named for the late ReverendLeon H. Sullivan, and Honorees were being recognized forchampioning human rights, democracy, good governance,poverty eradication, and a commitment to solving Africa’sailing issues in economic development.
The 2011 distinguished Honorees were former GhanaianPresident John A. Kufuor, former Nigerian PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo, and the African Union.
Mrs. Hope Sullivan Masters, President and CEO of theLeon H. Sullivan Foundation stated at the 2011 SullivanHonors, “Tonight, we honor Africa…we celebrate all ofAfrica…and we celebrate very significant sons of Africathis evening.”
US Agency for International DevelopmentAdministrator Dr. Rajiv Shah was also in attendance andgave a speech stating, “We (USAID) remain committed tomaking sure we engage with the continent…in a mannerthat is respectful, in a manner that prioritizes partnerships,in a manner that respects the great innovation and incredi-ble success of so many African economies; that even dur-ing this challenging time for the global community aregrowing at 7, 8, 9, or 10%.”
The role of development: promoting economic growth,eradicating poverty, and creating an environment of hope,is one in part of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation’s ideals.
Dr. Shah went on to say, “We stand with you in a spirit ofreal partnership and support, and we seek to learn as muchfrom our engagements on the continent as we have tooffer…”Distinguished guests of the night included members of
congress such as Congressman Bobby Rush, who was hon-ored with the title of “Sullivan Soldier”—a title given toindividuals for their commitment toward building commu-nity service projects and providing a voice to individualswho have none. Other Sullivan Soldiers included ReverendPeter Mathews, Reverend Tony Lee, and Ralph Perkins.
Congressman Bobby Rush, in the opening of hisspeech, paid tribute to the late Rev. Sullivan stating that,“Dr. Leon Sullivan was a visionary who saw beyond ourproblems and recognized our potential, he saw beyond ourdifferences and recognized our distinction, he saw beyondour poverty and recognized our prosperity. Let me remindyou that the Sullivan Principles are the proven pathwaysfor Africa and the diaspora…”
The 2011 Sullivan Honors ended with R&B singerTyrese Gibson and remarks by John Hope Bryant, CEO ofOperation Hope and a member of President BarackObama’s Presidential Advisory Council on FinancialCapability.
The evening’s Master of Ceremonies was Dr. MarkLamont Hill, a leading Hip-hop intellectual, ColumbiaUniversity professor, TV Host, and writer for theWashington Post, Essence Magazine, and the New YorkTimes. Other distinguished guests included PresidentTeodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, who had the oppor-tunity to speak, and Prime Minister Guillaume Soro ofIvory Coast. Former President of the World Bank and for-mer Under Secretary of the Department of Defense Mr.Paul Wolfowitz was also present.
Source:http://thesullivanfoundation.org
The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Honors African Statesmen and theAfrican Union
Master of Ceremonies , Dr. Mark Lamont Hill, a Hip-hop intellec-tual, Columbia University professor, TV Host, and writer for theWashington Post, Essence Magazine, and the New York Times
From left :Former Presidents Kuffour (Ghana) and OlusegunObasanjo(Nigeria), Prime Minister Guillaume Soro of IvoryCoast, and President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea R&B singer and Actor Tyrese Gibson entertaining the guests
President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea
Former Ghanaian President John A. Kufuor receiving his award
Mrs. Hope Sullivan Masters, President and CEO of the Leon H.Sullivan Foundation
Congressman Bobby Rush
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo(Middle) afterreceiving his award
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By Oral Ofori
Ken Atta-Boakye is like an uncle of mineand even though we've known each otherfor barely half a decade, he has been able toleave a positive mark on me for the simplefact that he's always done his most to ele-vate Ghana by placing it on a much higherpedestal. Recently I've been speaking withMr. Atta-Boakye about his efforts towardsstarting a movement of ideas that willencourage Ghanaians both at home andabroad to start working at lifting the imageof the country.
One major draw back to the attainment of aGhana filled with contented citizens is thelack of confidence in leadership and thebrain drain situation. So diminished is thequality of leadership that a sound majorityof Ghanaian youths find themselves withoutvision or motivation and are all looking forways to leave the motherland. Despite thedifficulties and the struggles involved invisa procurement, Ghanaians defy the oddsand do everything possible to obtain visa totravel abroad to chase the green pastures,forgetting that grass is greener at their fetes.
This, according to Ken is understandablebecause of the success stories associatedwith the travels. Thus Ghanaians all overthe globe have justified their travels withthe various ways they contribute towardsthe reconstruction program of the country.There is a positive gain from these individ-ual migrants and their most direct impact isfelt from their remittances back home totheir immediate families which is goodindeed!
Besides remittances, we see the migrantssupporting their loved ones and friends withhandouts, shipment of groceries and obvi-ously the regular phone calls to check onhow they are doing. They build houses toaccommodate their families and establishbusinesses to boost the economy. The gov-ernment is appreciative of their assistancein foreign exchange revenue and is alwaysasking for more. We cannot ask for more!
While these accomplishments are impres-sive, Ken, in my conversation with himwent on to still make a passionate appeal toGhanaians in the Diaspora to go that extramile because he personally feel the havethe capability to do that so long as they'rewilling to.
Some have already taken that bold initia-tive and like Oliver Twist, Mr. Atta-Boakyeis asking for others to follow in this laud-able initiative as he is himself also leadingby example and giving more meaning tohis words. How is Ken backing his wordswith action I asked and he answers simplyby saying “Project Save YourVillage/Town”. This project according tohim is an initiative targeted at directly con-necting the migrant Ghanaians with theirpeople at home.
How the project is intended to work is forit to pool resources and expertise fromGhanaians in the diaspora to be taken backhome to Ghana to champion causes like theprovision education to children in respec-tive villages that are going to benefit fromthis project. A simple effort like collectingbooks that will further enhance and broad-en the intellectual horizon of students backin Ghana would go a long way in supple-menting what they're already receivingfrom the educational systems back home.
Today's 2011 Basic Education CertificateExaminations (BECE) results is not some-thing to be proud of, especially in the ruralareas where educational resources andexpertise are scanty. Even some who per-formed well in this year's BECE are stillstranded for lack sponsorship to continuetheir education to the Senior High Schoollevel. The situation is scarily alarming,which is why initiatives like “Project SaveYour Village/Town” needs to be supportedand encouraged to rescue such catastro-phes. Mr. Atta-Boakye believes our chil-dren are our greatest assets and we have todo our best to nurture and train them in theright way because they are the real ownersof the country who have only entrusted itskeep to us adults, we thus must not failthem.
The simple idea to send books to assistchildren of school going ages with theirstudies could also be translated into otheraspects of society. In an anecdote, Kentakes me down memory lane as he recounts"when I was young and growing up in myvillage in Ghana, we used to count thenumber of our village natives who were inabroad. We were proud of them and hopedthat one day they would be able to dosomething magnificent for our village.Each time they visited home we held themin high esteem and accorded them with thegreatest respect". So great was the gleamon Ken's face as he continues to tell me
The Save Your Village or Town Project initiative of Ken Atta-Boakye
that, "It was an even greater joy for suchprominent 'returnees' or ‘been-tos’ tohave some of the people they left behindactually recalling and referring to themby their actual names and inquiring oftheir well being. You would turn aroundand exclaim… so he remembers myname?!”.
This flashback was my old uncle's wayof telling me that the people we left backhome are looking up to us to help them,so we must therefore not disappointthem. This story opens a whole newchapter for me, it especially made merethink my purpose for sending moneyback home and if anything at all, itencouraged that effort!
When I asked Ken to tell me more aboutthe efforts of his and his friends to raisethe awareness of the children as ourgreatest asset, he told me that they haveformed and registered the ‘Campaign toPromote Civic Education in Ghana’ withthe Commonwealth of Virginia in theUSA, State Corporation Commission inthe USA. Ken encouraged all whobelieve in this dream and have the pas-sion to assist or to help “Project SaveYour Village/Town” to kindly call thenumber below for details. The book forthis project is in print and will bereleased in January 2012 for all to haveaccess to read it. The book is by KenAtta-Boakye and is called “Campaign toPromote Civic Education in Ghana.” sobe on the alert and expect me to bringyou more information on this laudableproject.
Ken Atta-Boakye (+1703.986.8438,[email protected])
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Nana Ama Serwaa Ampem, a Virginia-based African MovieProducer,and her partner, Mr. Ron Rokosz, on December 31,2011 visited a homeless shelter in Woodbridge, Virginia andspent time with the children of the residents at the shelter.They offered them cookies and assorted drinks .Nana and Ron started this tradition in 2010 when theydonated to a homeless shelter in Richmond ,Virginia.Nana Ama Ampem is the Chief Executive of Ghawood AngelProductions which has produced several movies in the UnitedStates. Ghawood Angel Productions also organized the firstAfrican Movie Producers Awards in the United States.Nana told the Afrikan Post, “Ron and I share the belief thatwe have a moral responsibility to give wherever there is aneed.The kids are a blessing from God and we have to supportthem.”
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African Leadership Awards - 2011African Leadership Awards - 2011
Ambassador Daniel Ohene-Agyekum receiving an award on behalfof President John Atta-Mills of Ghana
Presentation by Group Managing Director, First Bank Group ofNigeria, Stephen Onasanya
Dan Jordan -President Jordan International LLC
African Leadership Awards is an annual event organizedby African Leadership to celebrate Africa’s best andbrightest leaders on a global stage. The event which hasbecome a melting pot of ideas for continental develop-ment is aimed at spotlighting African Business, political,Community and Institutional leaders who have con-tributed in Africa’s economic and political journey.
Past recipients of this prestigious award include:
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia andNoble Peace Prize winner,Dr. Mo Ibrahim, founder Mo Ibrahim foundation,
Dr. E.K Clark, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya,Ghana Minister of Energy, Dr. Oba Otudeko, Hajiya Turai Yar’adua, former FirstLady of Nigeria, amongst other notable business andpolitical leaders.
African Leadership Magazine, celebrated their annualleadership awards dinner on Friday, December 16, 2011.The event was held from 6:00-10:00 pm at The MandarinOriental Hotel in Washington, DC. Along with severalAfrican awardees, three prominent Americans were recognized for their commitment to Africa.
The Honorable Raynard Jackson received the SpecialImpact Award. This award is given in recognition ofJackson’s untiring efforts to help build trade relations andimprove the bilateral relations between African govern-ments and U.S. policy makers. He was also recognizedfor his syndicated newspaper columns that details thepositive virtues of direct engagement with the continentof Africa.
The Honorable Patricia Funderburk Ware received theAfrican Diaspora Development Award. This award wasgiven in recognition of Mrs. Ware’s tireless commitmentto educating Africans in the area of health care, especial-ly HIV/AIDS. The Honorable Alonzo Fulgham receivedthe Distinguished Service Award. This award is given inrecognition of Mr. Fulgham’s lifetime commitment to theeconomic, political, and social development of Africa.According to Mr. Giami, “we must continue to buildstronger relations with our African brothers and sistersfrom throughout the Diaspora, especially those inAmerica.”
The African Leadership Magazine is a pan-African flag-ship publication read by over 180,000 targeted interna-tional investors, business executives, government policymakers and multilateral agencies across Africa, theMiddle East, Asia, Europe and the US. It is distributed atmajor international and African Leadership events aroundthe world. It is a niche and unbiased African voice bornout of a desire to ameliorate the lot of Africans by focus-ing on individuals and corporate bodies that are knownfor their legacy-based approach to leadership. We believein building sustainable leadership in Africa through theexchange of ideas in tandem with global best practices.
Source: www.africanleadershipmagazine.com.
Honorable Patricia Funderburk Ware received the African DiasporaDevelopment Award for tireless commitment to educating Africans in
the area of health care, especially HIV/AIDS.
The Honorable Alonzo Fulgham receiving the DistinguishedService Award from Ambassador Adefuye
Staffers from the Ghana Embassy-Mrs. Vanessa Mensah -Adu((Middle) Information Attache), Kofi Boateng (Political Desk)
A presentation by Ambassador Adefuye –Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States
From left: Mrs. Edith Haizel-Deputy Ambassador of Ghana to theUnited States and HE Ambassador Ohene Agyekum and wife
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Cote D Ivoire’s Prime Minister H.EGuillaume Kigbafori Soro has extended hiscountry’s heartfelt gratitude to theInternational community in general and theEconomic Community of West African StatesCommission (ECOWAS) in particular fortheir resolve to see Democracy return to hisCountry and blamed indicted formerPresident Laurent Gbagbo for the Country’sinterregnum that saw devastation and chaos,before the return of democracy.
Speaking to Ambassadors from ECOWASCountries – assigned to the United States ofAmerica at the Embassy’s 2424Massachusetts Avenue North West,Washington D.C. 2008 Chancery on FridayDecember 16th, the premier said “withoutyour determination, support and Cooperation,Democracy would not have seen the light ofday in Ivory Coast”.
“On behalf of Mr. President H.E Alhassan D.Ouattara, Government and People of Cote DIvoire, please convey (our) sincere apprecia-tion and gratitude to your authorities for theirinput that saw democracy back in our coun-try”.
He said several attempts which were made byECOWAS, the Pretoria government, Nigeria,and other West African leaders to peacefullyresolve the Ivory Coast crisis were rebuffedby Mr. Gbagbo.
“We were ready to accept any deal for thesake of the people and the Country which arebigger than any one of us: but you knowwhat happened”.
He said the Country is now experiencing san-ity and things are changing for the better.
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United States of America, HisExcellency Guillaume Kigbafori Sorosaid he was in the USA “to participate inthe 10th session of the States Parties tothe statute of Rome of the InternationalCriminal Court scheduled for December13th to 19th 2011 in New York City.
“Outside that meeting I am here inWashington DC for some meetings withsome United States Government offi-cials, and also to meet with members ofthe ECOWAS Ambassadors group, to onbehalf of Mr. President H.E Alhassan D.Ouattara, Government and People ofCote D Ivoire, extend our gratitude toyou, for your support during our turbu-lent times.”
“Though sanity has returned, the impassesaw the loss of many lives and destruc-tion of huge quantum of properties: tomake mention of collapse public and pri-vately owned institutions need not beover emphasized,” said Prime MinisterGuillaume Kigbafori Soro.
Though Democracy has seen the re-establishment of the security forces, thePolice, Gendarmerie, the Army and otherGovernment Institutions including thehealth sector, the general rehabilitationof infrastructure is costing theGovernment a huge amount of money.
Prime Minister Guillaume KigbaforiSoro was accompanied by the IvorianJustice Minister Hon. Jeaniot KouadioAhoussou, Deputy Chief of Staff andtwo other senior Ivorian GovernmentMinisters.
Sierra Leone was represented by DeputyChief of Mission and Chargé d’affairesHis Excellency Ibrahim S. Conteh.
Sierra Leone's Deputy Chief of Mission IS Conteh and Prime Minister GuillaumeSoro in a warm hand shake.
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By: SEM Contributor on December 23, 2011.It is often the subject of the latest Hollywoodmovie: an outbreak of a disease threatens millionsof life. But it isn’t science fiction. There are dis-eases out there that are threatening many lives. Wehave gathered just five of them to help you get abetter understanding.
Denque fever – This has been called the “fastestgrowing vector borne disease in the world.” It is aviral illness that is spread by the bite of infectedAedes mosquitoes. Once common in SoutheastAsia, it has now spread to Latin American, Asia,Africa, North America, and even Australia. It hasalso been called “breakbone fever” due to the mus-cle cramps it causes and can be fatal if left untreat-ed. Lyme disease – The illness associated with tickbites is also on the rise. Because Lyme disease canoften look like Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclero-sis, Bell’s Palsy, and others, it can go untreated andcause loads of damage. It is most commonly foundthrough the distinct “bull’s-eye” mark associatedwith tick bites. AIDS – This remains the fastest growing STD inthe world and is getting worse. The region with themost new cases is in the ex-communist parts of theworld. There are an estimated 1.4 million in thatregion with another 210,000 expected to be diag-nosed this year. It is also prevalent in the MiddleEast, Africa, and the United States. HPV – However, in the United States and otherparts of the world the Human Papilloma Virus isthe fastest growing STD. Because many peoplewho have it don’t know it, it can grow to causemore serious problems such as cancer in the repro-ductive systems of both men and women. Diabetes – This disease takes the cake when itcomes to fastest growing diseases, especially in theU.S. In the last 20 years, the number of peoplewith diabetes has increased 767%. It is also a bigproblem in other countries, such as China andIndia, which rank higher in total number of peoplewith diabetes. There are even regions in theCaribbean and Middle East where 20% of the pop-ulation is affected, with the number expected torise. Adult onset, type 2 diabetes is the most com-mon and is associated with overeating, inactivity,and food and drinks that are heavily sugared. Brooke Stafford is a nursing practitioner studentand also writes for www.onlinefnp.com FamilyNurse Practitioner Degrees. The site helps stu-dents find the right nurse practitioner degree to fittheir needs.
By Brooke Stafford
Conjoined twins have been born in Brazilwith two heads, two functioning brainsand two backbones - but a single heart.
The rare condition is thought to haveoccurred when one of the pair failed tofully develop in the womb.
Doctors say separating the twins, namedJesus and Emanuel, is not currently anoption because there is only one set oforgans, Reuters reports.
They are being monitored by specialiststo see how they develop.
Dr Neila Dahas, who is treating the new-borns, said surgery was not being consid-ered at the moment.
But she said separating the boys wouldbe impossible because of the single set oforgans - and that it was difficult tochoose which head to remove becauseboth brains were functioning well.
"What we know statistically is that thechildren who undergo surgery and sur-vive are the children who have lessorgans in common," she added.
"What we've got to think about at thismoment is to maintain the children ingood condition and see how they willdevelop."
'No scans'
The condition, known as dicephalic para-pagus, is rare.
However there have been other knowncases, notably Abigail and BrittanyHensel who were born in the US in 1990.
Jesus and Emanuel were born byCaesarean section weighing 9.9lbs(4.5kg) on Monday morning in a smallhospital in the northern state of Para.
The baby was then taken by plane to abetter equipped hospital in the state capi-tal Belem.
Doctors say the mother breastfed bothheads a few times and that the baby'sappetite is normal.
Claudioner Assis de Vasconcelos, directorof the hospital in Anajas where she gavebirth, told Brazil's O Povo newspaperthat the mother came in because she wasexperiencing strong abdominal pains.
It is reported that the 25-year-old, wholives in a remote area, did not have anyultrasound scans during her pregnancy -and only found out about her sons' condi-tion minutes before the birth.
Mr de Vasconcelos said: "Despite all theproblems we have as a small interiorhospital we managed to save both moth-er and baby, which was our aim."
Patrick O'Brien, a spokesman for theUK's Royal College of Obstetrician andGynaecologists who has been involvedin several conjoined twin cases, said nodecisions were likely to be made aboutJesus and Emanuel's future for sometime.
"A lot of work is needed, in terms ofscans and tests, before doctors willknow if they can separate them or not,and just how organs and blood vesselsare shared and linked.
"It takes quite a while before they candecide how feasible it is."
Mr O'Brien said dicephalic parapagusaffected around one in 100,000 preg-nancies, but that around half do notreach full-term.
Source:www.peacefmonline.com
Twins born in Brazil with twoheads, one heart
South Africa Loses $1.4Billion On Migrated Doctors
REPORTING FROM SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa,the nation with the highest number of people living withHIV/AIDS, has spent more than $1.4 billion training doc-tors, only to see them emigrate overseas for jobs. It’s partof a massive flow of expertise from poor and developingcountries to rich nations such as the United States, Canada,Britain and Australia.
A Canadian study in the British Medical Journal estimatedthe cost of lost doctors in nine sub-Saharan African coun-tries at nearly $2.2 billion. And that didn’t take intoaccount the large numbers of nurses who leave Africa forthe West.
With more than 5 million people living with HIV/AIDS,South Africa has just eight doctors for every 10,000 people.Its public hospitals are understaffed and overburdenedbecause of HIV/AIDS, according to medical analysts. Itcosts the South African government $58,700 to educate adoctor.
Zimbabwe lost $40 million, Ethiopia $25 million andNigeria $654 million to emigrating doctors, according tothe study led by Edward Mills, a global health expert at theUniversity of Ottawa. A World Health Organization reportin 2006 said Africa was facing a critical shortage of med-ical staff.By recruiting African doctors, the rich countries savedthemselves more than $4.5 billion, including $2.7 billion inBritain, $846 million in the U.S. and $621 million inAustralia.
The report said the doctor drain weakened health systemsin developing countries and threatened the capacity ofAfrican countries to reach Millennium Development Goals,a broad group of targets aimed at reducing scourges such aschild and maternal mortality rates and poverty.
South Africa, where HIV/AIDS has sharply increased theburden on the medical system, hasn’t seen an increase inmedical staff, so those who stayed in the country sufferburn-out and fatigue because of the heavy workload,according to the report. The finding is backed by SouthAfrican medical analysts.
The report called on wealthy nations benefiting from theimport of African doctors to take action to compensate poorcountries for the loss of physicians.
“Among sub-Saharan African countries most affected byHIV/AIDS, lost investment from the emigration of doctorsis considerable,” the report concluded. “Destination coun-tries should consider investing in measurable training forsource countries and strengthening of their health systems.”
The report also noted the imbalance of need versusknow-how.
“While Africa experiences 24% of the global burden of dis-ease, it has only 2% of the global supply of doctors, andless than 1% of expenditures are on global health,” thereport found.
Rich countries saved money by training fewer doctorsthan they needed and making up the gap by importing med-ical staff, according to the report.
“Developing countries are effectively paying to train staffwho then support the health services of developed coun-tries,” the report found. “Although developed countriesoften provide development assistance to resource limitedcountries, the amount that goes into the training of healthworkers is variable and limited.”
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Viewing Ceremony of the Late Pastor Oheneba Kofi NtiFounder of Freedom Gate Chapel (New Jersey and Virginia)
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World’s Smallest Woman
Tiny Jyoti Amge is set to fulfil a hugeambition as she turns 18 today — bybecoming the world's smallestwoman.
The 23½in tall teen, who weighs just11lbs, is anxiously waiting for confir-mation she's snatched the title from2ft 3in American Bridgette Jordan.
Thrilled Jyoti said: "It's been mydream to be recognised as the world'ssmallest woman for many years. I'mnow a woman so I hope I don't haveto wait much longer!"
She is celebrating her birthday with acake that is almost the same size asher.
Jyoti, from Nagpur, India, has a formof dwarfism called achondroplasia andstopped growing shortly after her firstbirthday. Growth problems have lefther with brittle bones and she is likelyto need care for the rest of her life.
But budding actress Jyoti hasn't let hercondition hold her back and is set tostar in two Bollywood films next year.She said: "I want to make peoplehappy."
She insists on being treated like anyother young woman and likes nothingbetter than doing her make-up andgoing clothes shopping with pals.
University of Nigeria Nsukka HonoursChinua Achebe
Eminent African novelist and famedauthor of classic novel ‘Things FallApart‘, Chinua Achebe, is getting set toonce again rub minds with the academiain the University of Nigeria Nsukka, asthe International Conference and ChinuaAchebe Annual Lectures holds inJanuary 2012.
The Dean, Faculty of Arts of UNN, whoexpressed that the development is longoverdue, stated that, ‘the non-establish-
ment of such lectures and honour toprofessor Chinua Achebe by us tillnow is a huge oversight which has tobe corrected with deep sense of apol-ogy’.
The lecture, which is titled‘Emergent Issues in Humanities inAfrica in the Third Millennium‘,forms part of events for the inaugurallecture for the emeritus Professor ofEnglish.
Chinua Achebe, popularly referred toas the ‘father of modern Africanwriting’ recently made internationalheadlines when in November herejected the National Honour of CFRconferred on him by PresidentGoodluck Jonathan, citing persistingunresolved political issues. It was thesecond time he was rejecting suchnational honour from the governmentof Nigeria.
Source:www.thenetng.com
Jyoti is measured at 61.95cm on her 18th birthday by Guinness World Recordofficials, making her the world's shortest woman
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By: Amy Ansong
STAY JAY: One on One with the Hit Making Machine
Ghana music can be equated to an open fire hydrant—the musicis coming out fast and it hits you hard. Currently, some of thebiggest hits in Ghana and Africa can be traced back to the harbortown of Tema, Ghana. Tema is the “Motown” of Ghana, home ofthe TOP hitmakers, including Stay Jay. Stay Jay, one of thisyear’s biggest musical sensations and Tema native, sat down withme and provided an in-depth look into his life and musicalcareer, which continues to go higher and higher. With mega hitslike “Shashee wowo” and “Sue”, Stay Jay’s music has “staying”power and he will surely be a dominating figure within the musicindustry for years to come.
1.Tell us a little bit about your background, how many siblingsdo you have and what is your real name.
My real name is William Kojo Johnson. I have 3 sisters and 6brothers. I am the ninth child.
2.Where did you go to school?
I attended JSS at Tema Regular Baptist in Community 10 andTema Methodist Day Secondary for SSS. Some of my schoolmates included Sarkodie, Yaw Siki, Ikonz(Zixu), Stonebuoy, RuffN Smooth, and Vibz (Piesie), to name a few.
3.When did you decide to become a singer?
Singing has always been a part of me since birth, especially sincemy mother sang in the church. I used to rap on Dr.Duncan’sshow, “Kasahare Level” on Adom FM and I also used to rap atBambara inside Community 9, where streets were blocked everyFriday in order to allow musicians to show off their talents,“show what you got”. Doms Entertainment was in Community 4and that was where we could go to a studio and the engineerwould record songs for us for free. A guy named B4 was the guyrunning Doms Entertainment.
4.How do you classify your music—what genre is it?
My music is classified as “other music”. It does not strictly fitinto one genre. You can not classify it as solely Hiplife orTwipop, because my music includes everything. My music hasTwi pop, Hiplife, Highlife, Afro Pop, and more, therefore it is allblended....I call it urban music.
5.What’s the first song you ever wrote?
“Style nu” with Sarkodie and Piesie. The next one was “Sue” and
“Undercover Love”.
The 1st song recorded was “Yawa Boy” with Yaa Pono andSarkodie.
I am managed by Jay Black and my producer is Unda One.
6.Who is the first producer you ever worked with?
Kill Beatz.
7. How did you come up with the name “Stay Jay”? What does itmean, and is it “Stay J” or “Stay Jay”?
The official name is Stay Jay. The “Stay” stands for remain. The“Jay” stands for Johnson, my last name is Johnson. Together youhave “Stay Jay”—it’s like inspiration, to stay true to myself, toremain the same.
8.What other names were you considering before you chose “StayJay”?
God’s Gift
9.Why do you like singing?
Music is the food for the soul and God gave me this talent to do hiswork. We, musicians, are like pastors. We carry our message out tothe people. Our songs travel far and many people listen. I entertainto cheer up people’s sorrows and lives... I don’t do profain. I deliv-er for the fans and the people.
10.Are there any singers in your family?
My mother was a singer. My dad’s side of the family is also intoentertainment. CK Mann is my father’s cousin and when it comesto acting, Adwoa P (the Actress) is related to my father as well.
11.What are some benefits you receive from singing ,and what’sthe negative side of being a recognized artist?
The benefits include traveling around the world, meeting peoplefrom all walks of life, being able to promote yourself, and beingrecognized worldwide.
In terms of the negative side of fame, there will always be peopleout there who are not happy to see you succeed. There are peoplewho will do things behind the scenes to purposely try to make youfail. Due to the fact that they do not know who you are, and whereyou came from, they do not like you and they try to tarnish yourimage. But as long as God lives, I shall overcome that. I love Psalm23 – that is my daily prayer.
12.When did you first realize that people recognized you as “StayJay”?
I first realized that people knew who I was during an interbattle inSSS. When I got on stage and starting singing “ you used to be mylover”, the crowd went wild. Everyone in the place was cheeringand singing along with the song. My group won the show that day!!
13. You just released an album not too long ago. Describe theprocess that goes behind putting an album together?
I released my first album,Repitition, on May 7th, 2011. When I waschoosing the songs to put on that album, I consulted with a varietyof people. I had approximately 20 songs for them to choose, and Ihad them select their favorite ones. Once I had everyone’s input,the final songs were selected for the album.
14. The music market is swamped with singers—what makes youand your style unique?
I am humble, a cool person, free, and respectful. Everyone is differentand unique in their own ways, but these are the attributes whichdefine me.
15.What’s happening in Tema? It seems like all of the hottest musicis coming out of Tema: Sarkodie, R2bees, Dr Cryme,YawSiki,Ikonz,Vibz, and many others—it’s a hotbed for music, what’shappening there creatively?
Tema has always been a hotbed for music. In Tema, you have genera-tion music. Papa Yankson is from Tema, Highlife Ambule is fromTema, Joel Ackah, A.B. Crentsil, and Asabia Kropa—they are all fromTema. The guys who you are seeing in the music scene now, who alsohappen to be from Tema, it is like we are doing the rebirth. We haveinherited and are continuing the tradition of music-making from thegeneration before us. Tema guys are united, unique, humble, and ver-satile—we make all kinds of music.
16.Explain the Sue video—how did you come up with that concept?
Tema is a harbor city. So the idea was to find a way to show off Temaand the people. As a harbor city, many trucks/containers can be seenhere, so we decided to use the back of the truck as a stage and havepeople gather around, as if we were doing a show.
17.Explain the Shashee wowo video—how did you come up withthat concept?
Shashee wowo is a club song. A club song belongs in a club setting –that’s the concept behind that video.
18.You recently went to the UK for a show after the Vodafone con-cert. Was that your first performance out of Africa for a show?Describe the experience.
Yes the show in UK allowed me to travel outside of Africa for thefirst time. UK was great. I went there to perform in the “Hiplife andAfro Beat Festival” at indigO2,in late September and the audiencewas amazing. The promoters did a great job promoting my music andit was great performing on stage and having everyone sing along tomy hits. It was a great show with other Ghanaian musicians perform-ing, including Kwabena Kwabena,Castro, Ruff NSmooth,Tiffany,Atumpan, and others. I look forward to performing inother regions of the world in the near future.
19.What’s more important, your song playing on the radio or having avideo on TV, or both?
Both, it keeps you going and encourages you to keep doing goodwork.
20.When you are not singing or thinking about music, what do youlike to do in your free time?
I enjoy playing football (American soccer).
21.What were you doing the first time you heard your song on theradio and where were you??
The first time I heard my song, I was in town with my producer buy-ing items, running errands. When we heard my song, we were shout-ing and screaming!! We were so happy and thrilled. The song playingwas “Shashee wowo”. I believe the song was playing through some-one’s car radio, no one believed that I was the singer of the song theywere hearing.
Most people also don’t realize that I had a singing part in Ruff NSmooth’s popular hit, “Swagger”. There is a repeating line in thatsong which I did after Bullet’s rap.
22.What’s the best advice you have ever received from anyone?
The best advice I have ever received was from my dear late moth-
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The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre has saidthat 17 registered firms owned by Nigerians haveso far invested $1.5 billion (about N325 billion) inthe Ghanaian economy.
Mr George Aboagye, Chief Executive Officer of theagency, disclosed this while presenting the invest-ment opportunities in Ghana at the 2011 LagosInternational Trade Fair.
Aboagye said the investments were those recordedbetween September 1994 and June 2011.
He said that the investments were expected togrow by $500 million (about N75 billion) by 2015.
He said the investments were in agriculture, manu-facturing, building, liaison services, tourism and thegeneral and export trade sectors of Ghana’seconomy.
Aboagye said Nigeria was his country’s 5th and 6thlargest source of investment in terms of value andnumber of projects registered.He said the relations between the two countries hadbeen very warm, cordial and beneficial.Ghana is richly endowed with human and naturalresources.
These resources present numerous business oppor-tunities in oil and gas, agriculture, manufacturing,tourism, energy and property development,�Aboagye said.
He said the priority sectors for investment in Ghanawere oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, agriculture,manufacturing, tourism, ICT and financial services.Aboagye said that Nigerians had the high kind ofentrepreneurship that Ghana looked up to.
Whenever a Nigerian comes to do business, theknowledge and experience he brings always provedvery useful to us in Ghana,� he said.Aboagye listed investment incentives to includecustom duties exemption for plants, machinery,equipment, graduated and reasonable corporatetaxes and tax holidays ranging from five to 10years.Other incentives include relief from double taxa-
tion, location incentives of between 25 and 50 percent tax rebates for manufacturing companies andautomatic immigrant quotas, depending on the paidup capital.�
The theme of the trade fair is: “Increasing com-petitiveness of Nigerian products in the global mar-ket.™
" In a published press interview with SylvesterParker Allortey, Consular General of the GhanaianHigh Commission in Nigeria, in January 2011, onthe alleged migration of Nigerian companies toGhana in recent times, he had said: “It is true thatsome Nigerian companies have migrated fromNigeria to Ghana.... In a world of globalisation,most people would always move where they findopportunities and they find the cost of production to
be lower. “They would always move to places where they findstability, because nobody wants to operate in anenvironment that is uncertain and they also needsecurity in form of moving around the countryfreely without fear. Also, they also want to move toplaces where they find that their investment hasbeen guaranteed. These are factors which determinewhere business people go.... Even people within thesub-regions are also locating businesses where theywould be most profitable,” Allortey further declared.Thus, it will be somewhat hard for any Nigerianwho is fully aware of the realities on the ground inthe country as of now, to dispute the GhanaianConsular General’s submission on why Nigerianbusinesses have continued to move into Ghana indroves, particularly in connection with continual rifeinsecurity of lives and property, skyrocketing cost ofproduction, irregular power supply, and general auraof hopelessness and uncertainty among the citizenry. Having created opportunities and wealth for his fel-low Ghanaians for years so far, George Aboagye,Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ghana InvestmentPromotion Centre, in a recent media chat in Lagos,also cheerfully disclosed that between 1994 and2011, about 17 Nigerian businesses located inGhana had contributed US$1.5 billion (about N240billion) to the advancement of the Ghanaian econo-my. He was quoted to have said that Nigerianinvestments in Ghana were further “forecast to growby additional $500 million (about N80 billion) by2015.”According to Aboagye, some of the key sectors inwhich Nigerian businesses are recording visiblefeats while making good things happen back in hishome country include agriculture, manufacturing,building, services, tourism and the general andexport trade sectors, saying “Ghana is richlyendowed with human and natural resources... when-ever a Nigerian comes to do business, the knowl-edge and experience he brings always prove veryuseful to us in Ghana.” Why not, when their(Nigerians’) homeland seems not ready to create anenabling environment for their businesses to thrive?" by Gbenga Kayode
www.africatoday.com
17 Nigerian firms invest N325bn ( $1.5 billion) dollars in Ghana
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I would like to take this opportunity tothank you, our donors and supporters ofBooks For Africa, for another outstandingyear. In 2011, we shipped 1.9 million booksto 21 African countries. Thank you every-one for your help in sending more books tothe children of Africa, where they are soneeded by people who want to learn andimprove their lives!
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WINNERS Of The 2nd Annual Ghana Movie Awards
Best Actor In A Leading Role [English Language]Madji Michel – Somewhere In Africa
Best Actor In A Leading Role [Local Language]Kwaku Manu – Village Champion
Best Actress In A Leading Role [English Language]Kimberly Elise - Ties That Bind
Best Actress In A Leading Role [Local Language]Vivian Jill – Yaw Donkor
Best Actor In A Supporting Role [English Language]Majid Michel – Somewhere In Africa
Best Actress In A Supporting Role [EnglishLanguage]Nadia Buari – Who Owns The City
Best Actress In A Supporting Role [Local Language]Rose Mensah – Bu Bra Pa
Best PictureTies That Bind
Best Directing [English Language]Leila Djansi & Kevin Huie – Ties That Bind
Best Directing [Local Language]Augustine Abbey [Idikoko] – Agya KooGbengbentusBest Art Direction
Ties That Bind
Best Music [Original Song]Agya Koo Gbengbentus – Mframa
Best Movie Africa CollaborationTies That Bind
Best Cameo ActorKofi Adjorlolo – Somewhere In Africa
Best Cameo ActressGrace Nortey – Adams Apple
Best StoryAdams Apple
Best EditingTies That Bind
Best CinematographyTies That Bind
Best Costume & WardrobeQueens Pride
Best Make-UpAdams Apple
Best Visual EffectsGrave Yard
Best DiscoveryKwaku Manu – So, So And So
Best Music [Original Score]Adams Apple
Best Sound Editing & MixingTies That Bind
Best Writing Adapted Or Original ScreenplayAdams Apple
Best Actor Africa CollaborationRamsey Nouah Jnr. – Memories Of My Heart
Best Actress Africa CollaborationOmotola Jalade – Ties That Bind
Source: peacefmonline.com
Kimberly Elise - Best Actress
Divine Ministries recently wrapped up production on their first feature film, Benji.Featuring Ghollywood stars such as Kwaku Manu, Mercy Asiedu, Mr. Beautiful, andKyeiwaa ,the film is guarantee to become a blockbuster hit when the movie is releasedto the masses in early 2012.
Produced by Divine Ministries, Benji is a movie about a young man who is forcedto face unfortunate challenges when his parents suddenly die on what was sup-posed to be a joyous day. An instant orphan, Benji faces many obstacles as he isforced to live a different kind of life with relatives he does not have close tieswith. His days are troubled as his new family forces him to face psychologicaltorment on a daily basis. Without anywhere to go, the only thing that can saveBenji is true divine intervention. Will Benji be rescued from his modern dayenslavement or will he continue living a hopeless life at the hands of his so-calledrelatives? You will have to watch the movie to find out!! But in the meantime,check out photos taken behind the scenes.
By Amy Ansong
Benji:Move on, God got you Covered
A movie to watch
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Dr. Miriam C. Gyimah
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Unto thee, O Lord, do I liftup my soul.
Oh my God, I trust in thee:let me not be ashamed,
let not mine enemiestriumph over me. (Psalm 25 vs. 1-2)
The topic the Lord gave me toshare here not only took a strug-gle to understand, but also proved
difficult to put to words. Two monthsbefore writing the following, a portionof the above song had been coming tome as I contemplated and prayed fortopics on which to write. The portion isthe latter part which states, “let me notbe ashamed, let not mine enemies tri-umph over me.” The above Psalm isone of the many prayers of King David.The Psalm has since been put in songform and the song and verse are person-ally important to my spiritual life.
I recall that at the tender age of fif-teen, this was the worship song that mysmall new church was singing when Iwas baptized in the Holy Ghost. Iremember singing the song; it was newto me then, and somehow, it touched theheart of this fifteen year old girl. It res-onated with me and I felt deep in me themeaning of the song and knowing thelittle I knew of King David then, I sortof understood why he would need toutter such a prayer.
As I said, I was just fifteen; I had noteven began to live this thing called life,but somehow, the words of the songprofoundly struck the chords of myheart and I began weeping uncontrol-lably under God’s power and felt a pow-erful yet gentle force dictating mymovements and outpouring of tears.The baptism of the Holy Ghost was newto me. I mean I had seen people fallunder the power of God and speak intongues and so on, but as a child, I justwatched the ongoing dramatics when
this power often seemed to invade ourchurch space with great force and might.Since that day, that song has never leftme as I often use it in prayer and even asI have grown, the memory of that inex-plicable experience has not faded.
However, this time around, when thewords “let me not be ashamed, let notmine enemies triumph over me” ranthrough my mind even as I ponderedtopics to write on, I wasn’t coming upwith the same understanding that I hadalways had with that scripture. As aresult, I continued to wonder and askGod what exactly He wanted to say tome with the verse and how did He wantme to relate it to those who might readthe article?
As I repeatedly asked this question,the only thing that I felt was a response Icould communicate to others was thefollowing: I learned that for our ene-mies to have an opportunity to triumphover us, we must allow them to tap intoour weaknesses, to tempt us where weare weak, to trip us where we are mostvulnerable and that if they are successfulin preying on ourshortcomings, then wehad a hand in the pre-cipitation of ourdemise. It was a lov-ing warning, but awarning nonetheless.
In short, I began tohave a new under-standing of the scrip-ture which I alwaysinterpreted as a prayerof protection of poor and innocent mefrom the devil and the evil forces andmotives operating in people. I neverconsidered that those words also impli-cated me. I never suspected that I couldor would help give ammunition to theaforementioned forces to bring about mydownfall. It was a slow realization, anepiphany that gradually made its illumi-nation real to me. And so this is whatGod wanted to share with me and others.
What are our weaknesses, shortcom-ings, vices? What are the characterflaws that threaten to impede our growthand advancement in various aspects ofour lives? Are they one or more of thefollowing: gossiping, lying, cheating,anger, pride, lust, greed, covetousness,unforgiveness? These are only some ofthe ills that will compromise, embarrassand discredit us.
Though I am reluctant, I will usemyself as an example with the hope that
it will help another open the door to anhonest look at herself. First, let me sayI prefer to steer away from anythingresembling confusion, because I find itvery disturbing and uncomfortable to bearound that kind of environment andthose who are drawn to it. However, Iam someone who has always had tohave her say. This need to have mysay can and does at times land me in anunpleasant place.
It was my mother who noticed I wasgifted with language at a very tenderage, long before I did. God wanted touse that gift to stimulate, help, bless andperhaps even heal. As a child, thethings that would come out of mymouth were baffling to her and later,when she read my grade school essays(without my knowledge), she knew thather daughter would be a writer. Butthen, what is positive can be used asnegative. Should I become offended orprovoked, the expressions that comeforth are clear, concise, cleverly wordedand can be hurtful to the object of mydispleasure. So here, where the enemy
can attempt to triumphis to goad me intobecoming aggravated,for at that particularjuncture, because I amone who has to haveher say, it is possiblethat my inability towithhold my displeas-ure can result in injuri-ous sentiments. Theseare not frantic or
uncontrolled outbursts. They are usual-ly calm and direct. A college girlfriendoften observed, “Miriam, you take noprisoners.” The fact is that once pro-voked expressions have been uttered,the damage is done; the sin is complete.The enemy triumphs and as we are con-victed, we become ashamed not only inour relation to God, but also to thosewho may have expected more from us.
This was the knowledge I gainedabout the verse. The truth of it is thatthis revelation has made me even morecautious of my thinking, actions andwords. Sometimes when I am prompt-ed to say something out of irritation, Icatch myself as the words of the Psalmreturn to me. Then again, even duringthose times that I don’t catch myselfearly enough, and therefore have mysay, although at such times it is too late,the words of the Psalm still unfailinglyreturn, as if to caution me for the next
time as I take in my lesson with feelingsof guilt and regret that I didn’t pass thetest.
Even in those instances, I must con-fess that God has been merciful and for-giving. However, the truth is we can’tcontinue to fail the same tests and notfeel the effects of them. And while theproblem remains that we are not perfect,we can’t rest on that excuse. The testsand temptations will come, but what partwill we play in them? Are we going toignore or underestimate the existingthreats that our weaknesses and short-comings can bring us? Are we going toleave ourselves wide open for the deviland all sorts of negative forces to availthemselves on us in their attempt tomanipulate, discredit and embarrass us?After all, that is what our spiritual ene-mies want to do. Satan and his hosts ofdemonic spirits work tirelessly to causeus to compromise the word of God andour integrity. If undisciplined andunable to restrain ourselves, we succumbto his devices.
What is causing us to fall on a regularbasis? To avoid becoming ashamed andour enemies triumphing over us, it is ourprerogative to commit these shortcom-ings to God and daily attempt to cleansethem out of our beings. When I wentback to read Psalm 25, I noticed thatafter the two verses I quoted above,there were an additional two whichdirect us away from our enemies prevailing over us.
Let Me Not Be Ashamed
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia
January 16, 2006
H.E. Hifikepunye LukasPohambaNamibia
March 21, 2005
“And while theproblem remainsthat we are not
perfect, we can’trest on that
excuse.”
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African Presidential Gallery
H.E. Abdelaziz BouteflikaAlgeria
Since April 27, 1999
H.E. José Eduardo dosSantos-Angola
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H.E. Thomas Yayi BoniBenin
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H.E. Seretse K. Ian KhamaBotswana
April 1, 2008
H.E. Blaise CompaoréBurkina Faso
October 15, 1987
H.E. Paul BiyaCameroon
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H.E. Paulino RiveroCanary IslandsJuly 13, 2007
H.E. Pedro Pires Cape Verde
March 22, 2001
H.E. François BozizéCentral African Republic
March 15, 2003
H.E. Idriss Deby Chad
December 2, 1990
H.E. Alassane OuattaraCote d’IvoireMay 21, 2011
H.E. Joseph Kabila Dem. Rep. of Congo
January 26, 2001
H.E. Ismail OmarGuelleh Djibouti
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H.E. Mohamed Hussein TantawiEgypt
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H.E. Teodoro ObiangNguema Mbasogo.Equatorial Guinea August 3, 1979
H.E. Girma Wolde-Giorgis Ethiopia
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H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba Gabon
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H.E. Alpha CondeGuinea
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H.E. Mwai Kibaki Kenya
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Rt. Hon. PakalithaMosisili
Lesotho (PM) May 29, 1998
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia
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H.E. Mustafa AbdulJalil
Libya March 5, 2011
H.E. Bingu waMutharika
Malawi May 24, 2004
H.E. AmadouToumani Touré
Mali June 8, 2002
H.E. Mohamed OuldAbdel AzizMauritania
August 5, 2009
H.E. Sir AneroodJugnauthMauritius
October 7, 2003
H.E. Abbas El Fassi Morocco (PM)
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List of African Countries andCapitals
The African continent is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal onthe northeast, the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Indian Ocean on the southeast. Take a look at the various
African countries and their capitals.
Countries CapitalsAlgeria AlgiersAngola LuandaBenin Porto-NovoBotswana GaboroneBurkina Faso OuagadougouBurundi BujumburaCameroon YaoundeCape Verde PraiaCentral African Republic BanguiChad N'DjamenaComoros MoroniCongo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)KinshasaCongo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville)BrazzavilleCôte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast YamoussoukroDjibouti DjiboutiEgypt CairoEquatorial Guinea MalaboEritrea AsmaraEthiopia Addis AbabaGabon LibrevilleGambia BanjulGhana AccraGuinea ConakryGuinea-Bissau BissauKenya NairobiLesotho Maseru
Countries CapitalsLiberia MonroviaLibya TripoliMadagascar AntananarivoMalawi LilongweMali BamakoMauritania NouakchottMauritius Port LouisMorocco RabatMozambique MaputoNamibia WindhoekNiger NiameyNigeria AbujaRwanda KigaliSao Tome and Principe São ToméSenegal DakarSeychelles VictoriaSierra Leone FreetownSomalia MogadishuSouth Africa PretoriaSudan KhartoumSwazilaand MbabaneTanzania DodomaTogo LoméTunisia TunisWestern Sahara El-AaiúnUganda KampalaZambia LusakaZimbabwe Harare
What's Up: Vocabulary for Those New to America
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their native countries, when theycome to America, often they are baf-fled or confused by American slang,whether consciously or unconsciously.Most of my friends who went to col-lege before coming to America alsohave problems because they don't letgo of their understanding of the localAmerican lingo.Even though I came from a country--Ghana-- whose official language isEnglish, (we were colonized by theBritish), I had a very hard time under-standing the Americans' use of infor-mal English language. Statementslike, "Are you nuts?" meant a wholedifferent thing to me until after I hadbeen here for a while and then Ibegan to decipher what the subtlemeanings of these slang expressions
are when it comes to the Americandialect.I began to compile these Americanexpressions and put them together inbook form so that people who arenew to this country might appreciateand understand what they mean. It ismy hope that this small book willhelp both Americans and new immi-grants alike, basically by learningthese expressions, using them whenappropriate, and knowing when not touse expressions that may "rub peoplein America the wrong way."
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A book for those new to America and are confused about the different slang of theaverage American.
Senegalese Singer YoussouN'Dour To Run For
President
Senegalese world music star Youssou N'dour has revealed hewill stand in his country's presidential elections next month.
The singer is mounting a high-profile challenge to the WestAfrican state's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade.
N'dour has been a vocal critic of President Wade who is hopingto extend his 11-year rule by getting re-elected in Februaryagainst a field of about a dozen rivals.'I am a candidate. I willengage in the presidential race,' N'dour said in a broadcast lastnight on his own TFM (Television Futurs Medias) radio and tel-evision station.
N'dour has widely criticised what he calls the profligate spend-ing of the Wade leadership in a country where formal employ-ment is scarce and average income per head is $3 a day.
N'dour enjoys huge popularity in Senegal for his music, whichhelped expose the country's unique 'Mbalax' drumming andsinging styles to the mainstream, but it remains unclear if hewill be able to translate his fame into votes.'For a long time,men and women have demonstrated their optimism, dreamingof a new Senegal,' he said. 'They have, in various ways, calledfor my candidacy in the February presidential race. I listened. Iheard.''It is true that I do not have a university education, but the presi-dency is not something you go to school for,' he said.
N'dour, who has also broken into the North American andEuropean charts and collaborated with Neneh Cherry on theinternational hit 7 Seconds, announced in November he wascanceling concert dates to focus on politics.The February 26poll has been dominated by a noisy constitutional row overwhether Wade, 85, has the right to stand for a third term in acountry that prides itself on a record of peaceful leadershipchanges.
The revised Senegalese constitution limits presidential terms totwo, but Wade argues that this should not apply to his first termstarting in 2000, as this pre-dated the amendment.
Simmering resentment over Wade's leadership boiled over inJune when Wade proposed new electoral rules that his criticssaid would have made it easier for him to win the poll andeventually hand power over to his son.
Protesters, also enraged by chronic power cuts, clashed with riotpolice in the capital Dakar leaving more than 100 wounded andforcing the president to back down.
An opponent of Wade was detained last week on suspicion ofinvolvement in a fatal shooting, underlining tensions ahead ofthe poll.
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
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New York, New York: Recently, the Nigerian LawyersAssociation (USA) held its 2011 Annual Awards Gala at theCrowne Plaza in New York City. The Merit Award was pre-sented to Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President of theWorld Bank, Africa Region and a Founding Director ofTransparency International, while the Law and Justice Awardwas presented to Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN and highlyrespected legal scholar in Nigeria and former Attorney-Generalof Lagos State, Nigeria. The Keynote address was delivered byProfessor Chudi Uwazurike, Member of the Nigerian House ofRepresentatives and International Affairs Scholar. Other digni-taries in attendance include New York Supreme Court Judges -Judge Debra A. James and Judge Gloria Dabiri.
HOW IT HAPPENED: The event commenced with a wellattended cocktail reception on the third floor lobby of theCrowne Plaza hotel. Various professionals of Nigerian, African,and American backgrounds networked and intermingled at thebanquet hall during the hour to commence what would be anoutstanding evening. Afterwards, guests were ushered into themain event hall where the pair of MCs, Ndidi Oriji Esq andJude Away Away kicked things off with some jokes and laughsto relax the audience. Opening prayers were delivered along-side the national anthems of both Nigeria and the USA. Ms.Yomi Ajaiyeoba, Esq. (NLA President) delivered the welcomeremark. Oliver Mbamara, Esq. (Chairman, NLA Board ofDirectors) then introduced the keynote speaker - the HonorableProfessor Chudi Uwazuruike (International Affairs Scholar andcurrent member of the Nigerian House of Representatives) whourged Nigerians in Diaspora to be more engaged in activitiesback home in Nigeria. See full text of his speech below.
Dinner was then served while New York Senator Kevin Parkerpresented the NLA with a Proclamation for its "significant con-tributions and distinguished record". Read the New YorkSenate Proclamation. Kunle Deru, Esq. (member NLA Boardof Directors) introduced Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN andrespected legal scholar in Nigeria) who received the Law andJustice Award. Emeka Chinwuba, Esq. (Member, NLA Boardof Directors) then introduced Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, (VicePresident of the World Bank, Africa Region and a FoundingDirector of Transparency International), who received theMerit Award. Two deserving students received a total of $3,000as part of the NLA's 2011 Scholarship Program. OyesanmiAlonge received a scholarship in the category of JurisDoctorate and Oluwasegun Aluko in the Masters of Law cate-gory. A nook presented by Strategic Legal Solutions and twothe Arik Air tickets were raffled and won by attendees. Vote ofthanks was given by Diran Ajayi, esq. (NLA Vice President)just in time before the floor opened for an all night dancingand shaking. Some of the sponsors for the event include: Aluko& Oyebode Barristers & Solicitors, Arik Air, Banwo &Ighodalo, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Edozie & Madu, P.C.,Jacob Fuschsberg, Shearman & Sterling, Sidley Austin LLP,Strategic Legal Solutions and Wilmer Hale.
About the Nigerian Lawyers Association (NLA): TheNigerian Lawyers Association (NLA) was incorporated in 1999as a not-for-profit, non-partisan association of attorneys andcounselors-at-law. While most members are of Nigeriandescent, Nigerian citizenship is not a requirement for member-ship. NLA represents the interests of attorneys of Nigeriandescent both in the United States and all over the world. Itadvances the professional needs of its growing members andprovides leadership and advocacy for the legal needs and inter-ests of the Nigerian community in the United States andaround the world. For more on NLA visitwww.NigerianLawyers.org
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Nigerian Lawyers Association (USA) Annual Award Dinner 2011 at theCrowne Plaza in New York
Award Recipient: Prof Yemi Osinbajo (middle) receives theNLA Law and Justice Award from Yomi Ajaiyeoba, Esq.
(NLA President) and Oliver Mbamara, Esq. (Chairman, NLABoard of Directors)
Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili receives the NLA Merit Award fromOliver Mbamara, Esq. (Chairman, NLA Board of Directors) andYomi Ajaiyeoba, Esq. (NLA President)
Oliver Mbamara, Esq. (Chairman NLA Board of Director)with Senator Kevin Parker (New York Senator)
L-R: Placid Aguwa, Esq. and wife; Prof Uwazuruike, and PhilipAkakwam, Esq.
Nollywood Filmmakers and Producers In The House. (L-R):Sir Felix Nnorom, Lady Gold, Mrs. Uwazuruike, ProfUwazuruike, Bethels Agomuoh, and Mrs. Agomuoh
L-R: Ms. Enob, Chris Aguocha, Esq., Billy Enob, Esq. (NLA PRO),and Kunle Deru (NLA board member)
Host/Comedian Away Away and friends during the cocktailhour
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New Clinic Commissioned at Bodomase
Nana Atta Tweneboah, Chief of Bodomase arriving at the ceremony
Front View of the new Bodomase Community ClinicIn December, 2011 a host of Bodomase citizens in the United Statesaccompanied the President of the Bodomase Development Association Mr.Kwasi Oko to Ghana to commission a new clinic which is expected toserve the needs of about 150,000 people in seven towns in the Kumawuvicinity. The project was funded by the Bodomase DevelopmentAssociation in the United States (BODDAUSA). The clinic was commissioned on December 26, 2011 with thousands ofpeople in attendance. In an interview with an executive member of theassociation Mr. Basoah otherwise known as Nana Owusu, he revealed thatthis is just the beginning and that there are plans to upgrade the clinic to ahospital in the near future. He also disclosed that the clinic is very wellequipped with state of the art hospital equipments purchased and shippedfrom the United States. He therefore urged all Bodomase citizens living in the United States tojoin the association and contribute their quota towards devlopmentprojects at home.
Side View of the Clinic
The Chiefs and elders of Bodomase at the ceremony
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THE GIFT OF THE PERSON OFTHE HOLY SPIRIT:
A PROMISE FOR ALL BORNAGAIN CHRISTIANS -Part 1
In AD 33 fifty years after the ascension of JesusChrist and ten days after His ascension the disci-ples of Jesus gathered in an upper room prayingand tarrying for the baptism of the Holy Spirit asinstructed by Jesus. They began to speak in othertongues when suddenly the Holy Spirit cameupon them. The disciples were filled with super-natural boldness so much that Peter who oncedenied Jesus could preach the gospel and threethousand people were convicted. These newsouls were pricked in the hearts so much thatthey asked Peter and the rest of the apostles“what shall we do to be saved”.
Peter responded by saying “repent and be bap-tized and you shall receive the gift of the personof the Holy Spirit”. For the promise which hasbeen fulfilled today charactized with the speak-ing of other tongues was made for you, yourchildren, those far and near and as many as theLord shall call (in other words shall becomeChristians or followers of Jesus Christ).In his sermon Peter was not referring to the giftsof the Holy Spirit but the Person of the HolySpirit and attested to the fact that the Holy Spiritbaptism was not a promise made only for theapostles but a promise for all born again believ-ers as given by prophesy Joel 2:28-32, con-firmed by Jesus Mark 16:15-17, Luke 11:9-13and fulfilled on the day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-4.In Luke chapter 9:11-13 Jesus Himself laiddown the rule for how any of his followers whodesire to receive the infilling of the Holy Spiritcould receive him after His departed to heaven.He said assuring that” Ask and you shallreceive” because if natural parents know how togive good gifts to their children how much moreshall our heavenly father give the Holy Spirit tothose who ask Him.
8 years after Pentecost
In Acts chapter 8:5-17 an event that occurredeight years after Pentecost the citizens ofSamaria (a people group that the Jews had nodealings with and were considered aliens)believe the gospel preached to them by Philipand were baptized. Now when the apostles’ who
were at Jerusalem heard that the gentiles inSamaria had received, believed and given alle-giance to the Lord Jesus Christ they sent Peterand John to pray for them to receive the HolySpirit. The reason being the new converts hadonly being baptized in the Name of the LordJesus.
10 years after the Pentecost
10 years after Pentecost, an account is writtenin Acts chapter 10:1-48 of a Centurion, adevout man and one who feared God. He wasliving as a secret disciple of Jesus so to speak.This man was instructed by God in a vision tocall for the apostle Peter who will show himwhat to do. The apostle Peter in the same timeframe was warned in a vision not to considerany group of people as second class or unquali-fied to merit the promise of the Holy SpiritActs 10:8-28 Peter arrives in the house ofCornelius and while he was still preachingwhat seem to have been an introduction to hissermon the Holy Spirit falls on the wholehousehold (a people Peter had taught to beunclean). At that point the Jews who had heldthe opinion for years that they belong to thecircumcision so they were spiritually clean andthus are custodians of the law, the prophets andthe Holy spirit were amazed because theycould testify that the Holy Spirit had beengiven to the gentiles because they heard themspeak with tongues and magnify God. 20 years after Pentecost
It’s been twenty years after Pentecost Paul goesto Ephesus and comes across some disciplesand asks them if they had received the HolySpirit since they believed Acts 19:1-7. Theiranswer was in the negative. They had neverabout the Holy Spirit. Paul then lays his handson them and they receive the Holy Spirit andspoke in tongues.
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Apostle Seth Baah’s Ministry Thriving In Maryland
Minister Margaret Agbeyomi and other ministers Pastor Ricky Cleaver on the keyboard
Apostle Seth Baah ministering
Apostle Seth Baah
Apostle Seth Baah a renowned gospel musician and producer of the Weapon series of gospel CD’s has set up camp in the United States. His thriving ministry Praise Chapel Internationalholds services at the Hilton Hotel in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Praise Chapel International opened its doors in 2005. The vision for the ministry is founded on 1 Timothy 2:1-4, which says, "I urgethen, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and all those who are in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness andholiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth". Under the leadership of Rev Seth Baah, PCI has been called to seek outand save the lost and then to bring them to the knowledge of the truth (God's Word).
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Divine Word International Ministries Concludes End of Year Convention
Divine Mass Choir led by Mr. Osei Asibey
Divine Ministry members from Maryland at the Convention
Apostle Dr. Kofi Adonteng Boateng
Divine Youth Choir
All Pictures by Amy Ansong
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Divine Word International Ministries Concludes End of Year Convention
This Gentleman surrendered all his voodoo dolls and talismansand confessed Jesus as his Lord.
Apostle Dr. Kofi Adonteng Boateng
:From lleft: Pastor T, Pastor Bismark and Pastor NarhMinisterial Team :Mrs. Bertha Domfeh, Pastor Harry Domfeh
and Agya Osei
Deliverance Time
New Years Eve Service
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Rev. Kwabby Adom-Fosu
1st Annual Baffour Fundraising Gospel ConcertBafour is a young gentleman who was involved in a caraccident one fateful morning on January 31, 2006, while onhis way from work. He suffered severe injuries to his spinalcord, which has left him permanently paralyzed from thewaist down. Due to reasons beyond his control, he barelyqualifies for any United States Government assistance, whichall handicapped citizens are typically eligible. Thisunfortunate life-changing situation has impeded his ability todo any work as he used to do, which means he has noincome coming in to him, no medical insurance coverage.Life for him has been very difficult until now. Through thehelp of loved ones and events like this, a smile has been putback on his face and he is going through life a more cheerfulperson.To know more about Baffour, also known as John Oduro,please visit www.Friendsofbaffour.com.
Pastor Emmanuel Nickson Ministering in songs
Deacon Ebenezer Amo-Adu ministering
Okyeremah Asante,an expert of traditional Ghanaiantalking drums.
Barfour and friends
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The Earth is the Lord’s - Principles for Sustainable Increase- Part 5
GRACE FRONTIER
“He that hath pity upon the poor lendethunto the LORD; and that which he hath givenwill he pay him again” Prov.19:17Credit Card companies do not extend creditlines because they like you. They do itbecause it is good business; they make theirmoney out of the finance charges. Any Bankthat gives out loans gives them because of theinterest they charge on the loan. If you culti-vate the habit of making only the minimumpayment every month, you give the Bank theopportunity to profit at your expense. That iswhy they are in business though. Even if youmake only the minimum payments everymonth try to make additional paymentstowards the principal. If you do, you would belowering your interest, why? The interestcomes off the principal, so if you are able tobring down the principal, the interest on theloan goes down too.Banks always have interest on their minds.College commencement meetings are floodedwith Credit Card companies; showing upostensibly to extend credit lines to the newcash cows to be milked. After four (or five orsix…) years of midterms, lectures, finals andresearch papers, it is time for students to applytheir education to career and to progress to thenext chapter of life. Anticipating the fat paychecks awaiting them as they scale the corpo-rate ladder, CC companies show up to enticethem to sign up; the catch? The interest. Banks do not give loans for free.Consequently, when the Bible says whoevergives to the poor lends to the Lord, It suggeststhat, God would make all grace abound to theindividual who makes up his /her mind to sup-port the poor in society. If lenders chargeinterest on their money, then it stands to rea-son that God would also pay interest on themoney given to the needy in society. Why? The Bible says in Deut. 15:11that, “the poorshall never cease out of the land: therefore Icommand thee, saying, Thou shall open thinehand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and tothy needy, in thy land” The Lord Jesus hadbuttressed this in John 12:8, when Mary hadanointed His feet with the now famousalabaster perfume and the populist Judas hadopined that the money could have been bestused to feed the poor. Jesus replied by saying‘the poor always you have with you...’As a result, the God of equity made provisionfor the needy in society to be catered for. Hesays He would bless you for being a blessing.Think about it!Although God through Moses had studied toprevent any Israelite from being born poor, He
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nonetheless exhorts them to exhibit great com-passion and benevolence; and not to refuseassistance to the less-fortunate Israelite. Hisfavor rests on the house of the one who makeshim/herself a conduit of His goodness.As a matter of fact, it says in Prov. 28:8;21:13; 13:22, that he who cheats the poor toamass wealth stores it up for the one who willconsider the poor. In other words he whomakes fortune by being mean and stingystores the wealth for the enjoyment of the heirwho will demonstrate concern for the disad-vantaged in society. Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Apple’s
Steve Jobs believes Steve did not show muchconcern to the needy in society like Bill Gates:At the beginning of his rich and very fairbiography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson notesthat Steve himself “found the endeavor ofassessing historic influence fascinating.” Sowhen Isaacson came into the San FranciscoTechCrunchTV studio earlier this week, Iasked him for his personal assessment of SteveJobs’ historic influence. Including Jobs in apantheon of business icons such as ThomasEdison, Henry Ford and Walt Disney, hismajor contribution to history, Isaacsonexplained, lay in his ability to combine awe-some artistry and technology. But Jobs notonly made history, Isaacson went on, he wasalso a reflection of it, channeling the Zen-likevalues and minimalist aesthetics of the coun-terculture into his products.Herein perhaps lies the most fundamental dif-ference between Jobs and Bill Gates. Jobspoured himself into his products; Gates con-tinues to pour himself into society. Thus, asIsaacson noted, Steve Jobs, who represented astrand of the 60′s counterculture that withdrewfrom society, had more interest in dishwashersor furniture than in politics and even refusedto discuss what he intended to do with hismoney after he died. Some people say this iswhy Gates’ historic influence will eventuallybe measured as being more meaningful thanJobs’. But I’m not so sure. Will Steve Jobseventually be remembered as a selfish, self-absorbed ex-hippie unwilling to give anythingback to society? Steve Jobs did not use unjust means toincrease his wealth yet his biographer says hedid not do much for society. One can onlyhope that whoever inherits Job's estate wouldbe a more visible philanthropist: if indeedthere is one.Even though God sanctions free enterprise, Healso encourages social responsibility from thesuccessful entrepreneur. Unbridled capitalismis not His pantsuit.Contrast Steve Jobs with another deep pocketman Ted Turner. Ted has made his mark asone of the most influential philanthropists inthe U.S. In September 1997, Turnerannounced his historic pledge of up to $1 bil-lion to the United Nations Foundation (UNF),to better enable the UN to champion humani-tarian causes around the world. Ted now dedi-cates his time and resources to making theworld a better, safer place for future genera-tions.In addition, he remains actively involved inbusiness with the rapidly expanding Ted’sMontana Grill restaurant chain. Until this year– 2011 - Ted was the single largest individualfreehold land owner in North America. And he
has over 50,000 Bison’s roaming free on his land,which he supplies to his Montana GrillRestaurant. Ted keeps increasing in wealth andhealth.Psalm 24 verse says; ‘the earth is the LORD'S,
and the fullness thereof; the world, and they thatdwell therein’ God owns everything the humaneye can see and cannot see and He chooses togive some to whoever He chooses (Deut. 18:8;Prov. 6:22) He says the cattle on the thousandhills belong to Him (Psalm 50:10) If He promisesto give back, multiplied whatever you give to thepoor, why don’t you heed His advice. He usesyour giving to make His world more equitable;alleviating human suffering. He does not dropdown manna any more. In view of that, if youmake yourself a channel of His goodness, Hestrengthens your hand with more.A history professor once said America is thepoliceman of the World. He was right. But whathe did not say is that America is also thePhilanthropist of the World.By landmass the biggest nation on earth is Russia
(17,098,242 km2) followed by Canada(9,984,670km2) United States is third(9,629,091km2). In terms of population China isthe biggest nation on earth (1,341,335,000) fol-lowed by India (1,224,614,000) United States fol-lows at a distant third. (310,384,000) However,when it comes to economic development, UnitedStates leads the rest of the world. US have$14,660,000,000,000 GDP followed by China,$10,090,000,000,000 GDP with Japan at thirdposition with a $4,310,000,000,000 GDP.The economy of the United States coupled withits military might make it the greatest nation onearth. The greatness of the US stems more fromits ability to use its enormous wealth to alleviatehuman suffering the world over. Wherever disas-ter strikes in this world the United States showsup to help out; including Iran of all nations,which constantly preaches ‘death to the greatSatan’ (US). When Iran was hit by an earthquakethe US sent them emergency supplies; they didnot say no.After World War II Europe was devastated and itseconomy was in shambles, United States puttogether the Marshall Plan; designed to restorethe economic stability of Europe.US rebuiltEurope. The United States contributes more to the UnitedNations regular budget than any nation – 22%. In2009 US assessed an amount of $598,292,101.Philanthropy is not only a corporate Americanculture it is in the individual citizens as well: nodeveloped country approaches Americans' senseof giving. For example, in 1995 (the most recentyear for which data are available), Americansgave, per capita, three and a half times as much tocauses and charities as the French, seven times asmuch as the Germans, and 14 times as much asthe Italians. In 2006, Americans gave about $295 billion tocharity. Wow!4.5 million Native Americans make up 1.5% ofthe US population of 311 million. The rest of thepopulation is of European, African and Asian ori-gin. The United States was an experiment basedon Judeo-Christian principles and it has succeed-ed big time. Why? God’s favor moved into theFounding Fathers faith-filled values. He that hathpity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and thatwhich he hath given will he pay him again.Looking for a man who has the potential to bemega rich? Do not look beyond a giver!
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Rocky Dawuni MakesCNN’s List Of Africa’s
Ten Biggest Artistes
Ghana may have missed out on the Forbes list of 40 mostinfluential entertainers in Africa but when CNN narrowedit down to ten of the continent’s most famous and much-loved musical exports ten, the celebrated and award-win-ning international Ghanaian reggae artist, Rocky Dawunimade the cut.
Rocky, widely acclaimed as Ghana’s Bob Marley, has overthe years raised high the flag of Ghana in international cir-cles and has performed to audiences across the world aswell as working with music legend, Stevie Wonder. He haswon several international awards from his last album,Hymns for the Rebel Soul which was released early thisyear. The awards include, Best African Artist at this year’sInternational Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAW-MA).
The world acclaimed Ghanaian singer, now based in LosAngeles, was featured on CNN’s African Voices inSeptember this year. Rocky Dawuni is the only Ghanaianin the featured list which is dominated by Nigerian artistssuch as Asa, Nneka and 2Face Idibia. Other renownedartistes who made it to the list includes; Senegal’s YoussouN’Dour, Mali’s Salif Keita and Somali-born rapperK’naan.
Dr. Atuahene onJoining Efforts with
Face2Face Africa
Dr. Richard Owusu Atuahene is the president and CEO ofRapsoco Group of companies. He is an accomplished entrepre-neur and philanthropist with 10 successful business set upsincluding Rapid Solutions Inc, Rapsoco Media andEntertainment, Amerigest Home Health Aide, RapsolcoMicrofinance, Foxwood Group Insurance Co, Rapsolco RealEstates, Rapid Solutions Travel and Tour, Rapsolco Oil andTransport, Clear Vision Consulting and Richard AtuaheneFoundation.
Dr. Atuahene has a wide range of experience in business con-sulting and development, accounting, media consulting,banking, project management, marketing and advertising.
Richard Atuahene has had professional education in Ghana(University of Ghana), The United Kingdom (Milton KeynesCollege) and the United States (Kean University, Harvard LawSchool and University of Phoenix). He is a CDPE and aCertified International Negotiator from Harvard Law School,USA. He is currently a member of AICPA, NAIFA, CDPE,THENAE, ACFE, ASTA, OSSN and TRUE. Dr. Atuahene is atrue professional and has received recognition from Face2FaceAfrica with the IAAPA Award.
In a special interview with Dr. Richard Atuahene, he said,“over a long period of time Africa has faced a lot of problems.Some of which are cultural, educational, developmental, indus-trial and a host of others”. As a result, our continent has beenburlesqued and travestied by the rest of the world. Our imagehas been thwarted and we seem to be losing ourselves in theglobal world which most countries from other continents likeIndia, Brazil and China have been able to take advantage of.However, all is not lost and that is the primary reason we aregathered here this evening to join in one accord with FACE 2FACE Africa to help rebrand and restore the image of Africa."
He continued to say that, an important aspect to the rebrandingis the need to reappraise our inherited cultural traditions tocome to the terms of the global community. Culture, he said,undoubtedly is the identity of people. "We are Africansbecause of our culture and therefore we must hold it in highesteem. However, we need to ensure that this culture of ours ispackaged to reflect the transitions of the world and the chal-lenges of this new age. This must reflect in our businesses andour daily lives."
Face2Face Africa is keen to ensure that this important aspira-tion is attained. But they are not in this alone because when thegood name of Africa is restored all Africans will become bene-ficiaries. He therefore challenged everyone that evening to joinFace2Face in achieving this goal.
Interview With Ace Singer StayJay
Cont. from Pg. 16er. She taught me to believe in everything that I do. She always advisedme to be humble, respectful, calm, and quiet. If someone is arguing orthere is a disagreement, she taught me to be still and to be calm. She alsotaught me about the importance of humility as sharing is caring. I loveyou mum!!!!
23. Were there any people who discouraged you from singing? How doyou handle discouragement?Yes, there were always people who tried to discourage me from becom-ing a singer, and there are still people who are trying to discourage me.But when you believe in yourself, it is important that you follow yourdreams and ignore the distractors - do not listen to them. Faith in God isthe most important thing. I am Monday born, so I always fast, everyMonday, in the morning. Apart from that, before every performance, Ipray with my pastors and ask for God’s protection, guidance, and pres-ence to go before me. I could not do any of this without God.
24.If you were not singing, what would you be doing?
I would be a professional footballer with the Black Stars or an interna-tional team abroad.
25.Who would you like to collaborate with in the future?
Rihanna and Justin Bieber.
26.Between now and the New Year (2012), what do you have in storefor your fans : are you releasing new music/new videos, etc?
I will be releasing a new video within the next week for the song “Twaame la la (Play Me A Song)”; I will be releasing a song I did withSarkodie (beat produced by Guilty); and I will be releasing my secondalbum within the next few months.
27.When you are making a song, what do you do first- do you write thelyrics or do you listen to a beat first??
I always pray to God to guide me and give me the ability to write goodmusic .With Shashee wowo, I wrote the song first before adding the beatto it. When I am in the early stages of writing a song, it is very importantfor me to get the views and opinions of the people around me, especiallythe kids. I test my songs out with the local children. Many of my songshave a “call and response” chorus, so I test it out and see if the kidsrespond accordingly. If they do, I know the song will work. If not, Irewrite it.
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT STAY JAY:Favorite food: Jollof Rice, Salad, and FishFavorite Book: The BibleIf you were asked you to sing the National Anthem at a National event,would you be able to do it? Absolutely!!! God bless our homelandGHANA.. ( I hope the Ghana @55 Committee is taking note of this! )Left handed or right handed: Right Handed
Favorite Ghanaian song (excluding your own): Oh there is a gospel songI really love. I do not know the exact title, but there is one song I reallyenjoy.Favorite YouTube Video: Azonto – FUSE ODG featuring Tiffany
Most Embarassing Moment: Once I went to a club and I was there with afriend who was very popular, a very well known guy. However, for somestrange reason, the bouncer would let me in, but refused to let in thefamous guy. As a result, we turned around and went home.Talent you have that no one knows about : I can draw.Last time you cried: I just recently cried a few days ago when my friendGabby Small died. We were just hanging out with him over the weekendand then we heard that he was dead. We just buried him and it was veryvery sad. Also, a year ago my cousin died in a car accident. So those arethe last two times I can remember truly deeply crying.Biggest fear: The sea. I have personally witnessed the sea carry awaytwo of my friends. When the sea returned them to the shore 3 days later,they were missing their noses, ears, eyes, and other body parts becausethe fish in the sea had eaten them. I do not go to the beach at all.
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1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhowersends Vice President Richard MilhousNixon to Ghana to participate in Ghana’sindependence celebrations.
1958 U.S. State Department creates theBureau of African Affairs. JosephSatterthwaite, the first Assistant Secretaryof State for African Affairs, is sworn inon September 2.1958-61 African diplomats serving inthe United States face discriminationwhile seeking housing in the Washington,DC area. In 1961 the Kennedy adminis-tration establishes the Special ProtocolService Section within the Department ofState to work with local and state govern-ments to resolve and prevent cases of dis-crimination against African diplomats.1960 The United States refuses to sup-port Prime Minister Patrice Lumumbaduring Congo’s independence fromBelgium because the Eisenhower admin-istration believes he is a communist.Suspicions of U.S. involvement inLumumba’s death would later on taintAmerica’s image in Africa for manyyears.1961 Newly elected President John F.Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps onMarch 1. The first American Peace Corpsvolunteers depart for Ghana and Tanzaniaon August 28. On November 3, PresidentKennedy establishes the United StatesAgency for International Development(USAID) to administer economic foreignassistance programs.1963 May: The Organization of AfricanUnity (OAU) is formed with the intent ofcreating a unified United States of Africa,comparable to the United States ofAmerica.1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964:Landmark American law bans racial dis-crimination in public accommodations,effectively ending legalized racial dis-crimination in the United States.1965 Immigration Reform Act of 1965:By ending a quota system that heavilyfavored European countries, the lawlaunches an era of large-scale legal immi-gration from African and Asian countriesto the United States.1966 U.S. Senator Robert Kennedymakes a historic visit to Apartheid SouthAfrica at the invitation of the anti-apartheid National Union of SouthAfrican Students to deliver its AnnualDay of Affirmation speech at theUniversity of Cape Town. The visitemphasizes the connections between thefight against racism and that for civilrights in both the United States and SouthAfrica.1974 April: Portugal’s “CarnationRevolution” – An officers’ revolt leads tothe independence of Portugal’s Africanterritories. Fear of Soviet-backed leftistliberation movements leads the Nixon andFord administrations to place Angola andMozambique at the top of U.S. concernsin Africa.September: Ethiopian Emperor HaileSelassie is overthrown by the Derg, asecretive group of military officers,
whose brutally repressive Marxist regimeprompted thousands to leave the countryover the next decade. Many Ethiopianfamilies settled in the United States,whose vibrant Ethiopian-American com-munity can be traced to this period.October: World heavyweight boxingchampion George Foreman loses to chal-lenger and former heavyweight championMuhammad Ali in Kinshasa, Zaire, in amatch billed as “The Rumble in theJungle.” Ali’s win cemented his image asthe most popular and perhaps most rec-ognized American in Africa and providedevidence of a tolerant, pluralist Americawith the success of a black and MuslimAmerican.November: Cuban forces reach Angolavia Soviet air transports in time to helpMPLA (Popular Movement for theLiberation of Angola) halt a SouthAfrican incursion from the south and aU.S.- and Zairean-backed assault fromthe north. MPLA declares Angolan inde-pendence on November 11.1975 July: President Gerald Fordapproves $6 million in covert aid for theNational Union for the TotalIndependence of Angola (UNITA) andthe National Front for the Liberation ofAngola (FNLA), two allied factions whoopposed the Soviet-backed PopularMovement for the Liberation of Angola(MPLA) in the Angolan civil war.1976 Congress passes the ClarkAmendment, prohibiting U.S. assistanceto Angolan rebel movements.1977 Roots – Alex Haley’s fictionalizedAfrican-American family history is madeinto a hugely popular television minis-eries that airs over eight consecutivenights in January 1977. The series gar-ners enormous ratings and becomes anovernight sensation as approximately 130million Americans tune in at some timeduring the eight broadcasts, galvanizingAfrican-American interest in Africa.1978 President Jimmy Carter makes thefirst official state visit by a U.S. presidentto sub-Saharan Africa March 31 – April3, meeting with President OlusegunObasanjo in Lagos, Nigeria, and withPresident William Tolbert in Monrovia,Liberia.1981-90 The anti-apartheid movementgains momentum in the United States. Agrassroots campaign built from a coali-tion of African-American groups, studentactivists, political groups and churchescame together to pressure U.S. businessesand state and local governments tooppose the white-minority government’sapartheid policies by withdrawing invest-ments in South Africa.1984 Guinean President Ahmed SekouToure dies at the Cleveland Clinic inCleveland, Ohio, after undergoing heartsurgery. Toure had ruled Guinea since itsindependence in 1958 and often had beenat loggerheads with the United States. Heinvited civil rights activist StokelyCarmichael to live in Guinea. Carmichaeland his wife, South African singer andactivist Miriam Makeba, moved toConakry in 1969, where he lived until his
U.S. – Africa Fast Factsdeath in 1998.Cuban troop strength in Angola reaches atleast 40,000. Their presence fuels Reaganadministration hostility to MPLA and sup-port of Jonas Savimbi’s UNITA (supportedby South Africa) in what much of Africaviews as a U.S.-USSR proxy war.Meanwhile, U.S.-owned and -operatedGulf Oil pumps oil in MPLA-controlledCabinda province. Gulf eventuallybecomes ChevronTexaco, currently theforeign company with the most extensiveholdings in Angola.1986 U.S. anti-apartheid activists score amajor victory when Congress passes anew law “The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act” imposing U.S. sanctionson South Africa until it releases NelsonMandela and establishes a timetable forthe end of apartheid, among other condi-tions.1988 The New York Accords: After 24months of negotiations chaired byAssistant Secretary for African AffairsChester A. Crocker, Angola, Cuba andSouth Africa formally agree to aDecember 22 cease-fire. These accordsalso grant Namibian independence andprovide for the withdrawal of Cubanforces from Angola.1990 South African anti-apartheid leaderNelson Mandela is released from prisonon February 11 after serving 27 years.1992 December: U.S. forces enterSomalia at the beginning of OperationRestore Hope, a joint U.N.-U.S. effort toprovide food relief to starving victims ofSomalia’s civil war.1993 Eighteen U.S. troops are killed inan October raid in Mogadishu, Somalia.Soon after, President Clinton withdrawstroops from Somalia. The incident entersinto the American popular imaginationwith the movie Black Hawk Down.1994 The genocide in Rwanda beginsafter the Rwandan president, JuvenalHabyarimana, is killed when his plane isshot down on April 6. By July 18, morethan 800,000 Rwandans are killed in theconflict as the international communityfails to agree on taking action.April: In South Africa’s first fully demo-cratic election, Nelson Mandela is electedas the first black president in the nation’shistory, signaling an end to apartheid andwhite-minority rule.1995 The United States backs a February2 U.N. resolution to establish a specialinternational war crimes tribunal inArusha, Tanzania, for perpetrators of theRwandan genocide.1996 A U.S. military program islaunched to train troops in Mali, Ghana,Uganda and Nigeria.1998 President Bill Clinton pays the firstvisit by a U.S. President to sub-SaharanAfrica in 20 years, March 23 – April 2.August:Two massive car bombs are detonated atthe U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenyaon August 7, killing more than 220 peopleand injuring more than 4,000, mostly arearesidents and passers-by. Both attacks arelater linked to al-Qaida.1999 The African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA): TheClinton administration introduces aninitiative to create new economicopportunities by increasing Africanexports to the United States.2001 The Africa EducationInitiative: An effort to strengthenbasic education in Africa is createdin July.2002 UNITA leader Jonas Savimbiis killed in Angola February 22. Sixweeks later, a cease-fire is reached,bringing the 27-year Angolan civilwar to an end.July: The Organization of AfricanUnity (OAU) merges with theAfrican Economic Community(EAC) to form the African Union(AU) July 9.November: Camp Lemonnier, a for-mer French military base inDjibouti, becomes site of CombinedJoint Task Force Horn of Africa(CJTF-HOA), an extension of theCentral Command and operated bythe U.S. Navy. The base is the firstpermanent U.S. base in modernAfrica.2003 President George W. Bushannounces the launch of thePresident’s Emergency Plan forAIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in hisJanuary 28 State of the Unionaddress.February: President Bush announcesan important new effort to combatfamine and hunger worldwide, rec-ognizing that 30 million people inAfrica are at risk of starvation or arefacing severe food shortages,including 14 million people inEthiopia alone.July: President Bush visitsBotswana, Nigeria, Senegal, SouthAfrica and Uganda in his first visitto sub-Saharan Africa July 8-12.August: Liberian President CharlesTaylor goes into exile under pres-sure from the United States andother nations, and a small Americanforce joins Nigerian peacekeepers inan effort to bring stability to war-torn Liberia.2004 President Bush establishesthe Millennium ChallengeCorporation to reduce global pover-ty through the promotion of sustain-able economic growth. Thirty-twoAfrican countries are on the list of63 countries eligible to submit pro-posals for funding.June: President Bush leads his G8partners in a meeting with Africanleaders from Algeria, Ghana,Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa andUganda. Their discussion focuses onthe challenges faced by Africa,including promoting private-sector-led growth, combating HIV/AIDSand poverty.2005 The January 9 NairobiComprehensive Peace Agreementends the civil war in southernSudan.June: President Bush announces the
President’s Malaria Initiative(PMI).June: President Bush announcesapproximately $55 million to sup-port women’s justice and empow-erment in Africa.July: Leaders of the world’s lead-ing industrialized countries (theG8) pledge to step up develop-ment aid by $50 billion by 2010,with half of the increase going toAfrica.2006 March: U.S. CommerceDepartment releases U.S.-Africatrade figures for 2005, showingthat American imports fromAfrican countries under theAfrican Growth and OpportunityAct (AGOA) increased 44 percentfrom2004, to $38.1 billion.2007 February: The U.S.Department of Defense announcesthe creation of a new AfricaCommand (AFRICOM) to coordi-nate U.S. military and securityinterests throughout the continent,promote security partnerships inthe region and support humanitari-an aid efforts.2008 February: President Bushmakes his second trip to Africa,visiting Benin, Ghana, Liberia,Rwanda and Tanzania.August: Senator Barack Obama,whose father was from Kenya,becomes the first African-American presidential nominee ofa major political party.2009 January: President Obamais sworn in as the first U.S. presi-dent with direct African heritage(Kenya).July: President Obama visitsGhana and delivers speech toGhana’s parliament.August: Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton attends 8th U.S.– Sub-Saharan Africa Trade andEconomic Cooperation Forum(AGOA Forum) in Nairobi,Kenya. and follows it with aseven-nation sub-Saharan Africantour.2010 January / February:Assistant Secretary of State forAfrican Affairs Johnnie Carsonattends 14th African UnionSummit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopiaand travels to Ghana, Togo,Benin, and Nigeria to confer withthe heads of state of these WestAfrican nations.June: Vice President Joe Biden &Dr. Jill Biden travel to Egypt,Kenya and South Africa for talkswith leaders of each country. TheBidens conclude their African tourin Rustenburg where they stop toattend the U.S. Men’s NationalTeam’s first game – USA v.England at the FIFA World Cup.
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Mercy Johnson WinsMost OutstandingActress in Africa
Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okojie has emergedthe Most Outstanding Actress of the year.
Mercy, who is one of the hottest faces in the Nigerianmovie industry, won the award at the prestigious Afro-Australian Music and Movies Awards (AAMMA) whichwas held in Australia recently.
The Afro-Australian Music and Movies Awards is theonly African awards event in the whole of Australia andNew Zealand.
The award recognized Mercy Johnson as Africa’s queenof the screen which is a symbolic recognition.
The event was the third edition of AAMMA, and it washeld at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia.
Though MJ regrettably was absent at the awards ceremo-ny, due to circumstances beyond her control, Nollywoodactor Desmond Elliot received the award on her behalf.Other distinguished award winners at the exquisite eventwere Desmond Elliot, John Dumelo, ‘Makossa’ croonerAwilo Longomba and Pascal Atuma.
AAMMA appreciates, encourages and celebrates talents inand outside the African community of Australia, theAfrican continent and the Diaspora. Past winners of theawards include the ‘African Queen’ crooner, TufaceIdibia, Jimmy Bangura and Emmerson Bockarie.
MJ, who made her movie debut in ‘The Maid’ years ago,has featured in over 100 movies and still counting.
She has won other notable awards including the bestactress at the exquisite Future Awards.
Source:www.onlinenigeria.com
NollywoodActress Oge
Okoye, ShavesOff Her Hair For
New Movie
News getting to us from the grapevine con-firms that two top Nollywood actresses andone top Ghanaian actress are now two digitsmillion-naira richer as a result of moneypaid them by one of Nollywood producersto shave their heads to the skin in other forthem to fit in the characters needed of them.
According to information available to usthe trio of Oge Okoye, Queen Nwokoye andGhanaian Rukky Mashud were paid somemillions of naira in the region of two digitsfor them to have their heads shave.
As we learnt, the trio of Queen, Oge andRukky had their heads shaved in other toplay the role of wives to a man in a newmovie, whose shoot is taking place inLagos.
Other top actresses that have had theirheads shaved in the past for movie roles areMercy Johnson, Adaora Ukoh, StellaDamasus, among others. The movie is yetto be titled, according to confirmed infor-mation getting to us.
Source:www.onlinenigeria.com
Osita Iheme Discusses HisSweetheart And Marital Plans
After Aki Tied The Knot
Osita Iheme is arguably one of the bestactors in Nollywood. He is widely knownfor playing the role of ‘Pawpaw’ in the filmAki na Ukwa alongside Chinedu Ikedieze.
In 2007 Osita received the LifetimeAchievement Award at the African MovieAcademy Awards. He is considered to beone of Nigeria’s most famous actors.
Recently, he was awarded the NigeriaNational Honor of Member of the Order ofthe Federal Republic (MFR).
In a recent chat with him, he opens up onthe national award.
Pawpaw, who is so happy for his (Aki)partner’s decision to marry also told us hehas equally found love. But pressed toreveal the identity of the woman rockinghis world, he declined comment.
He rather appealed to us to be patient.“I amin serious relationship,” was all he said.
Asked again how it feels to be recognizedby the Federal Government, “It’s excitingand great to be so chosen amongst millionsof eminent Nigerians. When I missed it lastyear, I told people my own is coming. Andfinally it’s here. So, I am so, so happy. Ithank President Goodluck Jonathan for hishonor. I promise I won’t disappoint. It’snow Aki and Pawpaw MFR. God is thegreatest”.
Credited with over 100 movies, and onhigh demand as a performing artiste,Pawpaw is one of the richest actors inNollywood.
He lives in an estate in Ogba, Ikeja axis ofLagos while he and Chinedu (Aki) arebuilding a twin duplex in Lagos. Both havealso completed their buildings in Aba,Enyimba City, Abia State, Nigeria.
Source:www.onlinenigeria.com
Osita - bestman at Chenedu’s wedding
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A Brief History OfThe African Cup Of
NationsIn 1956 in Lisbon a meeting between seven dele-gates resulted in the formation of theConfederation of African Football and the organi-sation planned the first tournament for the fol-lowing year in Khartoum.
However, as the start date drew near, there werea few hurdles to overcome, such as the exclusionof South Africa after the apartheid regime failedto approve a multi-racial team. So with SouthAfrica out, the tournment came down to a play-off between just three teams Egypt, hosts Sudanand Ethiopia.
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia played the first twotournaments in odd years before it increased tofour, six, eight, 12 and then 16 teams.
Since the early days, North Africa - and Ghana inparticular - has maintained its reputation, whilethe other pioneers Ethiopia and Sudan have dete-riorated.And while there have been many highlights, fewAfrican Nations Cup tournaments have takenplace without any problems.
One thing is certain, though - that Caf and theNations Cup is still in existence is due to the pas-sion for the game on the African continent.
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations will be the28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, thefootball championship of Africa organized bythe Confederation of African Football (CAF). Itwill be co-hosted by Gabon and EquatorialGuinea. The two countries won the right to hostthe tournament after defeating a Nigerian bidalong with two other bid winning nations,Angola and Libya. Bids from Mozambique,Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected.For the first time in CAF history, the hosts ofthree successive tournaments were chosen atthe same time; Angola was chosen to host in2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen ashosts for the 2012 cup and Libya for the 2013edition. Nigeria was chosen as a stand-by hostin the event that one of the chosen nations wereto become unsuitable.
From the calendar, Group "A" teams will basedin Bata; Group "B" - Malabo, Group "C "-Libreville and Group "D" - Franceville.
Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Groups
Group A: Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Senegal,Zambia
Group B: Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, Burkina Faso,Angola
Group C: Gabon, Niger, Morocco. Tunisia
Group D: Ghana, Botswana, Mali, Guinea
2012 Africa Cup of Nations 21 January 2012 Equatorial Guinea v Libya 21 January 2012 Senegal v Zambia 25 January 2012 Libya v Zambia25 January 2012 Equatorial Guinea v Senegal 29 January 2012 Equatorial Guinea v Zambia 29 January 2012 Libya v Senegal 22 January 2012 Côte d'Ivoire v Sudan 22 January 2012 Burkina Faso v Angola 26 January 2012 Sudan v Angola 26 January 2012 Côte d'Ivoire v Burkina Faso 30 January 2012 Sudan v Burkina Faso 30 January 2012 Côte d'Ivoire v Angola23 January 2012 Gabon v Niger 23 January 2012 Morocco v Tunisia 27 January 2012 Niger v Tunisia 27 January 2012 Gabon v Morocco 31 January 2012 Gabon v Tunisia 31 January 2012 Niger v Morocco 24 January 2012 Ghana v Botswana 24 January 2012 Mali v Guinea 28 January 2012 Botswana v Guinea 28 January 2012 Ghana v Mali 1 February 2012 Botswana v Mali 1 February 2012 Ghana v Guinea
Previous Winners Of The African Cup Of NationsHostsEquatorialGuineaAngolaGhanaEgyptTunisiaMaliGhana/NigeriaBurkina FasoSouth AfricaTunisiaSenegalAlgeriaMoroccoEgyptIvory CoastLibyaNigeriaGhanaEthiopiaEgyptCameroonSudanEthiopiaTunisiaGhanaEthiopiaEgyptSudan
Year2012
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Winners
Egypt 1-0 GhanaEgypt 1-0 CameroonEgypt 0-0 Ivory Coast (4-2 Pens)Tunisia 2-1 MoroccoCameroun 0-0 Senegal (3-2 Pens)Cameroun 2-2 Nigeria (4-3 Pens)Egypt 2-0 South AfricaSouth Africa 2-0 TunisiaNigeria 2-1 ZambiaIvory Coast 0-0 Ghana (11-10 Pens)Algeria 1-0 NigeriaCameroun 1-0 NigeriaEgypt 0-0 Cameroon (5-4 Pens)Cameroun 3-1 NigeriaGhana 1-1 Libya (7-6 Pens)Nigeria 3-0 AlgeriaGhana 2-0 UgandaMorocco (League Format)Zaire 2-0 Zambia (After Replay)Congo 3-2 MaliSudan 1-0 GhanaRD Congo 1-0 GhanaGhana 3-2 TunisiaGhana 3-0 SudanEthiopia 4-2 EgyptEgypt 2-1 SudanEgypt 4-0 Ethiopia
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