Call it as you see it!

Tomorrow's third and last Presidential American Debate (2012 )is a long awaited event,a few days before  the election of the 45th President of the greatest Nation on earth. The last two debates have generated overwhelming feedback from Americans and the rest of the world.One  outstanding thing in Americans is the way they give importance to the outside appearance(looks) of an individual.Our memory would be defined as short if we have forgotten what happened to Gabrielle Douglas,the 16 year old American girl who won double gold in artistic gymnastics in the London Olympics Games 2012,but received a backlash about her unkempt hair.Everything else was ignored;even the fact that she is one of the few American-African gymnasts to compete in Olympic Games and the first black woman ever to take the all-round individual title.  American(and almost all cultures now with globalization)is a superficial culture, and appearance does not just matter but is a MUST.Pretty hard to und...

I have always had a problem with the image of Africa to the rest of the world;that of being a dark continent  where hunger,poverty,illiteracy etc reign.I get disturbed when I see posters of malnourished children as a signature of Africa,and wonder when I will wake up to see a more positive image of this wonderful continent. Why is Africa still poor? Why are  people dying from hunger and poverty even in the 21st century?Is it due to the effects of colonialization?Lack of natural resources or human capital?Laziness?Are African leaders elected?Is there democracy in Africa?  Yes,there is democracy in Africa if that is what you were just about to ask,REAL democracy.It is real democracy since our leaders are elected through suffrage,the right to vote.Democracy prevails where citizens have the right to vote for or against laws or leaders. In a government that holds democracy as one of its foremost  fundament principles, aspiring Leaders are supposed to present the...