An open letter to Mr. Cameron and the G8/G20
As the G8/G20 convene in Canada for yet another summit David Cameron British Prime Minister is concerned that these summit are in danger of becoming TALKING SHOPS. In this open letter to the Prime Minister Ida Horner asks whether the G20 ever see Africa as a key economic player and not a basket case that needs hand out and Is this indeed the solution to Africa’s ending poverty?
Animal magic?
I usually find The Big Question TV programme rather annoying – loads of people only too delighted with the sound of their own voice but I was intrigued recently where part of the discussion promised to be on whether animals have souls. Now I don’t think anybody can actually claim to know the answer for [...]
Do they know it is International Women’s Day?
I don’t know much about the history of International Women’s Day and I must say up until last year I had never so much as given it a second thought. So what happened last year? Well I got an unexpected call from a company called Prowse asking if I would join them and other women [...]
What is Christmas like in Africa?
This is a question that I have had to answer more times than I care to remember! In this thread I will tell you about Christmas in my family back in Uganda Christmas had always been a happy day in our household not least because it was the only day of the year that mother [...]
Gahaya links- A Woman’s dream to help other women
Gahaya links- A Woman’s dream to help other women On 2 October 2009 I received an email from my buddy @TMSRuge inviting me to an exclusive online conversation with activist Willa Shalit I had to stay up rather late for this conversation but at the end I felt it was worth it. During that conversation [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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