Miriam Makeba, known to fans worldwide as “Mama Africa,” was an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle and South African musical legend. She died early Monday in southern Italy after performing at a concert against organized crime. Miriam to me was one of a kind. She loved her country and loved our continent. During her [...]
Published by November 14th, 2008 in African, History and Noteworthy.Author Archive for Nolawi
I along with Meron was 1 of the 100,000 estimated crowd (large image) that gathered to see Barack Obama on Election Eve in Manassas VA. People from all walks of life where there, including many Ethiopians; it was a site to see and experience that words can’t explain. We were all “Fired Up and Ready [...]
Published by November 6th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and History.Is she ‘Marriage Material’? An acquaintance of mine has been dating this woman for a while now and while he is very happy in his committed relationship, she has been hinting on the marriage issue in the past couple of months. For whatever reason, he asked my opinion — I told him that I am [...]
Published by November 4th, 2008 in Advice, Dating and Social.source It’s so close eko, so very close. Barack Obama has a real chance of becoming the leader of the free world, on January 20th 2009. We have about 6 days left before the polling stations close. He most likely will get elected barring any major stumbling blocks. Today there is an Obama TV; ie [...]
Published by October 29th, 2008 in Current Issues, Noteworthy and Thoughts.Do you listen to the radio? I do, I listen to NPR and Conservative Right-Wing Talk Radio. I want to hear what they are saying about Obama now. I was really getting pissed of when they were talking about Rev. Wright. I called the Mark Levin Show — approximately 4 million listeners daily. After the [...]
Published by October 24th, 2008 in Bernos, Current Issues, Shameless Plug and Social.
