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I am attacking no one. What happens to a seed if it is not watered, not tended, and not encouraged to grow?
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"In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
This took a great deal of time."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amakobe, Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2007 10:30 am
Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
To: [log in to unmask]
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> AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
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> Vera,
>
> This latest attack on a people is shameless. It took 100 years for the
> anger to boil to the surface in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
> Why? Because of a seed of hatred that was planted by Belgium (one person).
> Get to know a little bit about your subject before you claim expertise.
> There are salient aspect of the continent that only an African understands.
> Take a vacation to a small part of it (country).
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: African Association of Madison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of VERA R CROWELL
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid
> Rules
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>
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> AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
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> "Those who want to learn will learn. Those who think they know it all
> won't! Not even Yale could help Bush."
>
> I think it's quite a stretch to blame Bush for Africa's problems. How
> can
> one man cause all that in 8 years? The G-8s are not to blame for every
> single issue affecting the nations and the people of Africa. They aren't.
> How much education and capabilities do the people ALL OVER the continent
> have??? It is immeasurable. There is nothing that is done in the G-8s
> that
> cannot be done there. Absolutely nothing. And yes, I will repeat it: Africa
> has the lion's share of the world's mineral resources. The combination
> of
> the resources, capability and education should have resulted in a major
> world power. The reason they have not is because of the actions of the
> people. A house divided against itself shall not stand. A lack of
> unity of
> thought, purpose and action will cause destruction. As long as people
> prey
> on each other, there can be no progress and improvement. Greed, corruption,
> and lasciviousness (no limits to one's behavior) can destroy nations,
> one
> family at a time.
>
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> "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand carried
> down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> This took a great deal of time."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:47 am
> Subject: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> > AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
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> > Peter, where do you even start with a statement like this. I want
> to
> > have a good day, the humidity and heat notwithstanding. (I better
> be
> > careful talking about the weather here. "Don't you have worse in
> > AFRICA", might be the next statement.) May be you should just drop
>
> > it. Those who want to learn will learn. Those who think they know
> it
> > all won't! Not even Yale could help Bush. Have a good day.
> >
> > dzigbodi
> >
> > VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > The G-8 countries do not rule in Africa any longer.
> >
> > ******************************
> > "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> > carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> > This took a great deal of time."
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter W. Vakunta"
> > Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 4:53 pm
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in
> U.S.
> > Aid Rules
> > To: [log in to unmask]
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> > > "The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet."
> > > What's the significant of Africa's natural wealth when the power
> > game
> > > contraption orchestrated by the G-8 makes it less than possible
> for
> >
> > > Africa to survive economically?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > PETER W.VAKUNTA
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> > > "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write
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> >
> > > own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." -
> Patrice
> > Lumumba
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: VERA R CROWELL
> > > Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:59 pm
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in
> > U.S.
> > > Aid Rules
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
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> > >
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> > > > "This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?"
> > > >
> > > > The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet.
>
> > > >
> > > > ******************************
> > > > "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
>
> > > > carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> > > > This took a great deal of time."
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Peter W. Vakunta"
> > > > Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:33 pm
> > > > Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in
>
> > > U.S.
> > > > Aid Rules
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
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> > > > > "The success is noteworthy, but the families' sacrifices also
>
> > > > > illustrate the risks of an American food aid system that is
> > > > designed
> > > > > to benefit domestic agribusiness and shipping interests and
> > > > enmeshed
> > > > > in an intricate framework of farm subsidies.
> > > > >
> > > > > [...]But critics in Congress contend that the United States
> > > could
> > > >
> > > > > feed far more people more quickly if it could buy surplus food
>
> > > in
> > > > > Africa. It might also help boost the incomes of African
> farmers,
> >
> > > by
> > > >
> > > > > providing a market for their crops, they say."
> > > > >
> > > > > This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > PETER W.VAKUNTA
> > > > > DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN
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> > > > > "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will
> write
> >
> > >
> > > > its
> > > > > own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." -
> > > > Patrice Lumumba
> > > > >
> > > > >
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