Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Teachers fired for teaching African-American history at Howard University Middle-School?

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
Carter G Woodson
 
This just in:
 
Students walked out of a Washington, D.C., charter school on Monday to protest the treatment of three teachers they believe were punished for teaching too much black history

Monday, February 2, 2015

Made In Africa: Three Cars Designed And Manufactured In Africa by Farai Gundan for Forbes Magazine online

According to the World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to remain one of the fastest growing regions in the world.

While Africa’s economy is soaring past most regions with an annual growth of about 5% due mainly to increased agriculture production, infrastructure investment including transportation, ports and energy as well as buoyant services led by tourism, telecommunications and financial services, the continent’s middle class is expected to swell to approximately 300 million people.