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Written by Gboyinde Onijala
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 “Africa is a continent full of death and destruction,” “The AIDS epidemic is wiping out Africans,” “African people are uncivilized and do not know how to take care of themselves or their countries.” These are only a few of the negative stereotypes of Africa and its people that you might hear on a daily basis. The list goes on and on and one can never seem to escape from the bombardment of negative, grim, biased news of Africa that is presented by the media.
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Written by Bintu Musa
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 On an ordinary day at work, I checked my email and read some of the AOL news stories being featured. I came across the headline that would be one of my many inspirations for this article. “CNN journeys to Obama’s Homeland.” Of course I was curious to see just what this feature would cover and how it would be covered. After all, Barack Obama is one of the “hottest things happening.” He has taken the political scene by storm in his quest for the White House.
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Written by Gboyinde Onijala
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 Africa is a continent of diverse cultures, languages and traditions. From the North to the South and the East to the West, you will not find two countries within the continent whose cultures are completely alike. Some of the visible differences one might see includes the types of food eaten, the style of dress, the languages spoken and the variety within the shades of skin.
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Written by Bintu Musa
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 On December 27, 2007, Kenyan citizens went to the polls to elect their new president. President Mwai Kibaki, the incumbent, ran against candidate Raila Odinga. The votes were tallied, and after what is believed to be a deeply flawed count, Kibaki was declared the winner. Opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic movement (ODM) and supporters of the party argue that the election results were rigged in favor of Kibaki. “The essence of democracy is that the people have a choice of who they want to choose and that the majority wins As a leader, one must accept defeat even though it may have been in an unjust way,” said Natasha Gikunju, a senior actuarial Science major who was born and raised in Kenya.
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Written by Gboyinde Onijala
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 In the month of February, people gather across the nation to celebrate Black History Month. Black History Month is a period for reflection and acknowledgement of the innumerable accomplishments that blacks have made throughout history.
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Written by Mojola Fatukasi
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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 Many of us women are notorious for sabotaging our relationships without even realizing it. Those little and sometimes big things that we do can send any man running for the door. Good news is I have listed some things here that women do wrong in their relationships. I have friends who have made some mistakes and here they are so that you can avoid them. I mean why learn from your own mistakes when you can learn from someone else?
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Written by Gboyinde Onijala
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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 If you stepped on Towson’s campus 20 years ago, you would have noticed that something was missing...figuratively speaking, you could say that Towson was a place not representative of the human ‘colors of the rainbow.’ There was something that the university lacked which was blatantly obvious. If you guessed diversity, you guessed right. However, since that time, Towson University has taken on a new face. The university has been committed to making the campus more representative of the different colors of humanity. While Towson is a long way from being the most diverse university in the nation, it has taken a step in the direction or multiculturalism.
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Written by Idiyatu Akande
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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It is important that we pay close attention to the medications that we consume. We consume too many chemicals that affect our immune system. We then ask ourselves, “why are we sick all the time?”  It seems that money is greed's best friend and greed is the hungriest creature in all of existence. So why do you think these chemicals make us sick and addicted? The truth is the more we get sick the more money the producers make. We must realize that there are less harmful options in the world and one of the places to find these natural medications is in the continent of Africa. |
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Written by Bintu Musa
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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On Tuesday Oct. 30th, thousands of students attended a daylong forum on Africa. This forum was organized by the African Society of the National Summit on Africa alongside the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. It was held in the David Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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Written by Gboyinde Onijala
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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 "Every day that I live, I strive to be engaged…engaged with the continent of Africa." said Samuel Locoh-Donou, 26, former president of the African Diaspora Club at Towson University. "It is my duty to teach young people how to do the same."
A man of many talents centered in himself and in the principles by which he lives by, Samuel Locoh-Donou is passionate, caring and dedicated. |
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