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AIDS poses big threat to Africa’s economies
(Opinions)
16-02-2007
by Amaka
One of the objectives of establishing the African Union (AU) was to hasten development, economic growth and improve living standards of the people.
However, the widespread of HIV/Aids is threatening the aspiration.
But what has been the...
All Women Are Alike
(Short Story)
21-02-2007
by Amaka
Once upon a time there was a man, and he had a wife. Now this couple wanted to sow their fields, but they had neither seed-corn nor money to buy it with. But they had a cow, and the man was to drive it into town and sell it to get money to buy...
Jack and His Comrades
(Short Story)
21-02-2007
by Amaka
Once there was a poor widow, as often there has been, and she had one son. A very scarce summer came, and they didn't know how they'd live till the new potatoes would be fit for eating. So Jack said to his mother one evening, "Mother, bake my...
Leadership is Parenthood *A Memo to African Leaders *
(Opinions)
27-02-2007
by Amaka
Introduction
World politics has several fundamental lessons to teach us about leadership. Here is one of the major ones: leadership is parenthood.
Parenthood entails the responsibilities of being a parent. Parents nurture, support, and...
Nigerian Women and Nigeria's abysmal program on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)
(Opinions)
12-03-2007
by Amaka
It was Olympe de Gouges, the renowned French writer, who affirmed with a tone of finality in his seminal oeuvre DÈclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne that "la femme naÓt libre et demeure Ègale ‡ l’homme en droits. Les distinctions...
The Frog Maiden
(Short Story)
21-02-2007
by Amaka
An old couple was childless, and the husband and the wife longed for a child. So when the wife found that she was with child, they were overjoyed; but to their great disappointment, the wife gave birth not to a human child, but to a little...
The Heart of a Monkey
(Short Story)
21-02-2007
by Amaka
A long time ago a little town made up of a collection of low huts stood in a tiny green valley at the foot of a cliff. Of course the people had taken great care to build their houses out of reach of the highest tide which might be driven on shore...
Women and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: From rhetorics to action
(Opinions)
16-02-2007
by Amaka
Introduction
Poverty has been identified as a major obstacle to realization of women’s human rights and one of the most surreptitious forms of violation of a woman’s rights. Not surprising it came on top of the list of twelve critical areas of...
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