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Subject:	Re: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
From:	VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:21:24 -0500
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                AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK

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You are absolutely correct, Peter. If that seed requiring fire to germinate is never subjected to flames, there will be no germination and it will not grow. 

Vera

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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 11:04 am
Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
To: [log in to unmask]


> *****************************************************************
> 
> 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
> 
> *****************************************************************
> 
> And some go through a fire to initiate the germination process?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: African Association of Madison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of VERA R CROWELL
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid
> Rules
> 
> 
> *****************************************************************
> 
> 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
> 
> *****************************************************************
> 
> I am attacking no one. What happens to a seed if it is not watered, not
> tended, and not encouraged to grow?
> 
> ******************************
> "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]
> 
> 
> > *****************************************************************
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > *****************************************************************
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > *****************************************************************
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > *****************************************************************
> > 
> > "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. 
> > 
> > ******************************
> > "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]
> > 
> > 
> > > *****************************************************************
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > 
> > > *****************************************************************
> > > 
> > > 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:
> > >   *****************************************************************
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > 
> > > *****************************************************************
> > > 
> > > 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]
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > 
> > > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > 
> > > > "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
> > > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ----- 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]
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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
> > > > > 
> > > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > > 
> > > > > "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]
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 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
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > "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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