TAN – The Afro News

Pregnant Women

Commentary/Ghana/Africa

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong : For the past years, the Ghana’s enlightenment movement have shown that rational choices are essential to how Africans distinguish and argue about their culture in relation to their progress. Read the full story

Comment Aider Les Jeunes Enfants a Mieux Apprendre

Par Juvénal BARANKENGUJE, PhD, The Afro News Vancouver

Un certain nombre de parents se font des soucis – et à juste titre – lorsque leurs enfants sont confrontés au problème de la lecture malgré les efforts fournis par les enseignants. Que faudrait-il faire concrètement ? Read the full story

Primates Booth with volunteers and on the far right is Urbain Louissaint who is the President of the Haitian Community Assoc.

By Len Chan  :  With the Anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, fundraisers and people wanting to help continues. Read the full story

Superstition in Africa

By Jack Toronto : What the heck is going on in Ghana? To a middle class Canadian it seems bizarre. After spending millions since 1935 on juju charms to win games, including nearly US$1-million during its dismal 2009/2010 season, the Fabulous Kumasi Asante Kotoko football club has finally banned juju from its operations. Read the full story

Battling Child Witchcraft Accusation

Development/Philosophy/Africa

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong :The flowering of The African Century, as a material progress scheme, is also an enlightenment struggle. Most African elites have not thought about this despite their cultural obstacles wheeling around them that have asphyxiated their greater progress. And this means The African Century also embraces a critical look at the African culture that is expected to drive The African Century.

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Le 12 janvier 2010, un séisme d’une magnitude 7,0 sur l’échelle de Richter et dont l’épicentre était situé près de la capitale Port-au-Prince a secoué Haïti. Près de 200 000 personnes ont perdu la vie dans cette tragédie et plus de 300 000 ont été blessées. Read the full story

Susan McClelland Journalist

Helena Kaufman The Afro News Vancouver  small to carry the weight of her experience and the story that results from it. Unlike many of the child victims of war, the horrors Kamara saw, the assaults on her spirit and the brutality she experienced from age 12, are now being read and discussed by young people the world over. Her book, The Bite of the Mango, was begun before she even spoke English and not long after her arrival in Canada, still in her teens. With the support and story telling skill of journalist Susan McClelland, the engaging book offers well crafted characters and plot. The twist of course, is that Mariatu Kamara is very real – as are all the details of her story. On a recent stop on a North America wide tour to promote the book, she and Susan brought the reality to her generation. The duo, now more than writer and source, and more like family than friends, spoke to three schools in the Lower Mainland. Kamara contrasts life before the war, “Things were nice before, we lived in the village. We respected and helped each other. She muses on the difference between the earthy calm of her early years and the culture she now lives in. “All we value is life. The ability to live each day. Here people take little things very seriously and it causes them anxiety. At home we learned to respect everyone and take them for who they are.”

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