Barack Obama calls for World Unity in Berlin Speech

Barack Obama calls for World Unity and a new world resolve in a historic speech at Victory Column, Tiergarten Park, Berlin Germany

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US fires lawyer for racist comment against Nigerians

Here is a recent report from the Punch for your consideration.

“We have Nigerians in positions of trust around the world doing their jobs and living their live with exemplary honesty which would rank equal or higher than that of any race or nationality.” – US-PRONACO Secretary, Bukola Oreofe

Another case of prejudice against Nigerians in the [...]

SMOKING ALARM in Africa – Will African Governments take responsibility?

Smoking related deaths in Africa could reach 100,000 a year. Tobacco companies are breaking rules and are applying tactics to circumvent bans on cigarette advertising and profiling. They are making it easy for children to smoke and get addicted to nicotine. Will any African government take responsibility by enforcing the laws on cigarette marketing and [...]

“I FORGIVE THE TIMES” A poem inspired by the movie – SLAVE WARRIOR

I Forgive The Times
Today I forgive the times
When chains and whips wrested freedom
From a people of a time and an era
When man’s brutal nature reigned supreme
The culprit or the victim I may have been
And so today in forgiving
Perhaps, I forgive myself

©2008 Oliver Mbamara, June 2006
Poems Of Freedom
inspired by the African feature film – SLAVE WARRIOR 
 For [...]

Stage play – “A PIECE OF ME” takes on “Forgiveness”

“A Piece of Me” is a stage play about an individual’s hesitancy to forgive his mother for her life of drug abuse.   To an extent, this brings to light, the statement of Oliver Mbamara in his poem I FORGIVE MYSELF (inspired by the movie SLAVE WARRIOR) that “in forgiving others we forgive but ourselves”
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M.Trill guides Lagos TV crew around Port Harcourt

Hip tv a Nigerian based music and life style tv programme based in Lagos made a trip to Port Harcourt last weekend to spotlight on the talents and scenes of Port Harcourt. M.Trill was picked as the guide of the Port Harcourt talents who took the crew all around the city showing them places and [...]

Venus wins Williams Sisters Wimbledon Finals, 2008

Senior sister, Venus Willaims, defeated (July 5) her younger sister Serena Williams (7-5, 6-4) to capture the Wimbledon female tennis championship title for 2008 – her fifth Wimbledon title and her seventh Grand Slam. Serena has won eight Grand Slams (an impressive family record). This was Venus’ victory over Serena since 2001 and brings their career record [...]

July 4, 1776 – Declaration of Independence “All men are created equal…

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]

IT’S IN OUR HANDS – Mandela’s 2008, 46664 speech in London

Nelson Mandela is introduced by Will Smith at the occasion of the 2008 46664 event hosted at Hyde Park London on June 27th with the support of the City of London. The event celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday and is also in aid of the charity efforts to overcome the challenge of HIV AIDS. You can hear Mandela [...]