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AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
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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
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
602 VAN HISE HALL
1220 LINDEN DRIVE
MADISON WI 53706-1525
U.S.A
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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
----- Original Message -----
From: VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
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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> AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>
> Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
>
> Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
> Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
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> "This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?"
>
> The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet.
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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: "Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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> > AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
> >
> > Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
> >
> > Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
> > Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
> > Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
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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
> > UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
> > 602 VAN HISE HALL
> > 1220 LINDEN DRIVE
> > MADISON WI 53706-1525
> > U.S.A
> > Office 608 262 4067
> > Home 608 442 6089
> > Cell 608 381 0407
> >
> > "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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