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The World Linguistic Agency ranks Uganda as the best English-speaking country in Africa. Pointless to add that some Ugandans were sceptical about this news as they left FB comments doubting the validity of the research. The question I always pose is whose interest is served. South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Namibia followed in that order. Nigerians were particularly applauded for making great attempts to express themselves in English with little grammatical errors. Could this be as a result of the new wave of potent writers from Nigeria? mapsofworld.com Unfortunately/fortunately, Cameroon was not among the listed countries. Does this mean Cameroonians do not know how to express themselves in accurate English? Well, given the socio-cultural environment in which Cameroonians are immersed, the aftermath of colonialism and the constant importation of popular culture into local spaces, it becomes complicated to tackle speaking English as...

I must applaud the efforts of CRTV's online team for creating a nouvel website which sorts of represents the expectations of the technological age. The web site is well-presented, fairly animated, and inviting. But as usual, majority of the stories are in French whereas The Constitution of Cameroon categorically spells that "both official languages shall have equal status", and not representative status. Someone is surely not respecting The Law of the People, and I hope that they make attempts to address it. The fact that I'm unable to listen or watch news live from CRTV is again another issue with the website. I only get slots of news items which could be unsatisfying for those of us who would like to keep abreast with the complete package of home content. I presume this is the beginning and like with every start, baby steps are crucial. I can't undermine how this website would in some way, serve the interest of the diaspora community. My expectatio...

Turmeric is a food ingredient which is available in various forms in the market used for beauty treatments, to relieve common ailments and most recently claims that it can cure cancer. I have used both the powder and the tablet; the former for cooking and the latter to relieve me of some body aches. Often times, I multitask within the day and it usually leads to fatique and pain. I was exhausted taking paracetamol prescribed by the doctors and so I went for turmeric which  Expanded Consciousness  had posted about some time ago. I initially bought the powder, and mixed in my milk to drink half a tea-spoon every evening before going to bed. It proved to be helpful, but I did not like neither the taste nor the colour because it had a unusually bitter taste and turned my tongue yellowy. I researched more on the tablet form and I was convinced it is pretty much same only in tablet form. I bought it and was very pleased with the outcome. Thrilled that this worked for me I have ...

Congratulations to Yasmin Eleby's bold first step to be one of the first black woman to marry herself in the 21st Century. Is there a scarcity of black men or why has she taken that route? is it self love, or she couldn't just find Mr. Right. My guess is that it may just start a trend for many who may not be in a position to find that perfect match. That's if we ever find perfection in imperfect humans. Well, the ceremony was mainly spiritual as it is illegal to self-marry either in the US or marked boundary. What minister of God marries one person. What does the Bible say about marriage? And who am I to sit here and make judgement? Congratulations Yasmin Eleby!!! This story matches another reported by the Daily Guardian some months back. I shrugged my shoulders thinking it was a one off, but it seems I was wrong as it becomes a trendy practice. Grace Gelder who first went down the aisle considered marrying herself as 'empowering', and not necessarily femin...

Many women and men think that hormonal imbalances are a normal human phenomenon, but it appears as though it should not be treated as normal. As women, we should make extra efforts to monitor our menstrual cycles as this could help in the control of outbursts and temperaments. According to an online reference, if hormonal imbalances remain untreated there is a risk for cells to miss out their communication patterns culminating to diseases such as diabetes, cardiac disease and cancer. How does one obtain some degree of hormonal balance? 1) Eat quality protein 2)Take a brisk walk every day in natural light 3)Abstain from aluminium (use aluminium free deodorants) To fully grasp who you are, you need to master what comes out of you and how it makes you feel. Create a chart of your menstrual cycle that would enable you monitor your hormones and help detect any inconsistencies for ex. regular vs. irregular periods. If you keep a chart, you'd be positioned such that you can co...

The dolls which aims to depict the outlook of black/brown skinned girls and empower them is to me a great venture and I'm very much impressed by the progress. Coming from a cultural studies and political economy background, I think this adds to ethnic diversity within this genre of products. The political economy side of me sees this as a business which has identified a gap in the market, grasped the opportunity and it set to make millions.   I would have loved one for my girls, but they are more inclined to having helicopters and trucks for toys. One of my little pearls loved them at first sight, but expressed the view that she didn't like the straight eye-brows and the lip gloss on their mouths. She would have preferred one without make-up and with hair that's not weaved. That's the talk of a toddler-these dolls are just take-away! Photo: Afropunk.com