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Monthly Archives: June 2013

Racism’s Big Comeback In America

June 29, 2013by Chika Oduah 1 Comment

Racism’s Big Comeback In America America is returning to what it once was. Unfortunately, I’m not referring to its dominance as the world’s only super power or its economic peak, […]

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Race, Society

The US-Africa Relationship By The Numbers

June 28, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

The cost of President Obama’s eight-day trip to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania has raised the ire of deficit hawks ever since the Washington Post broke news of the trip. […]

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Development

Krobo People Of Ghana: Beads And Initiation Rites

June 25, 2013by Chika Oduah 3 Comments

The Krobo people  are grouped as part of Ga-Dangme ethnolinguistic group and they are also the largest group of the seven Dangbe ethnic groups of Southeastern Ghana.  They are farming […]

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People, Society, Spirituality

My Thoughts On Chinelo Okparanta’s “America”

June 24, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

I’ve joined a group of bloggers to review the Caine Prize 2013 shortlisted stories. More feedback and reactions on ZunguZungu.   Now, we’re reviewing America by Chinelo Okparanta. Chinelo Okparanta’s […]

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Literature

Travel Postcard: 48 Hours In Benin’s Voodoo Heartland

June 24, 2013by Chika Oduah 1 Comment

(Reuters) – The small club-shaped West African country of Benin is not on most tourists’ radar but its palm-fringed white sand beaches in the south and surprisingly good wildlife parks […]

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Spirituality, Travel

Ikhide Ikheloa: Notes From My Middle Passage

June 24, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

Nothing could prepare me for America, writes Ikhide Ikheloa The Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said that she did not realize she was black until she came to America. […]

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Diaspora, Race

Mandela Can Leave Us In Peace, His Work Is done

June 24, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

The notion that SA will dissolve into race riots at the news of Nelson Mandela’s death is so unlikely as to be ridiculous, writes Verashni Pillay. News that our beloved […]

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People

Returning Home

June 21, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

Nigerians abroad are returning home in droves and some are settling in Abuja, writes Chinelo Onwualu The story is a familiar one. During the political and economic crises of the […]

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Diaspora

This American Life By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

June 21, 2013by Chika Oduah 1 Comment

You come to America, young and dashing, on full scholarship, finish school, get a great job, marry a glamorous spouse, have cute children, and retire at a young age with […]

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African-American, Diaspora, Society

PRESS 1 IF YOU DID NOT EAT YESTERDAY

June 21, 2013by Chika Oduah Leave a comment

How can aid groups track data on food security in huge country with hardly any functioning infrastructure like the Democratic Republic of Congo? The World Food Program has launched a pilot project […]

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Activism, Poverty

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I am a journalist, capturing the stories and experiences of Africans. Journalism, anthropology, Africa, these passions keep me alive. Afrocentric Confessions is a space for me to share some of what I find interesting: musings on spirituality, politics, culture, art, activism, social trends and history. And, some of my observations and rantings on where I’ve been and where I am and where I’m going. I like receiving email. chika.oduah@gmail.com

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