http://www.africanloft.com Where the People and Friends of Africa Mingle Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en http://www.africanloft.com/blacks-without-borders-movie-showcases-african-american-lifestyle-in-south-africa/ http://www.africanloft.com/blacks-without-borders-movie-showcases-african-american-lifestyle-in-south-africa/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:57:44 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2303
“When it comes to Africa, most of what is shown on television and reported in newspapers is negative. However, there is another side and most African Americans are unaware of what Africa truly has to offer, opportunity and an incredible lifestyle." - Stafford Bailey, filmmaker.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/blacks-without-borders-movie-showcases-african-american-lifestyle-in-south-africa/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/west-african-coastline-will-be-submerged-by-2099/ http://www.africanloft.com/west-african-coastline-will-be-submerged-by-2099/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:41:57 +0000 Guest Author http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2292
Swathes of West Africa’s coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be underwater by the end of the century as a direct consequence of climate change, environmental experts warn. ]]> http://www.africanloft.com/west-african-coastline-will-be-submerged-by-2099/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/west-africa-the-new-telecoms-frontier/ http://www.africanloft.com/west-africa-the-new-telecoms-frontier/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:00:15 +0000 Emmanuel.K. Bensah http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2283
From Ghana to Nigeria, the privatization bandwagon in the Telecoms industry is on course in the ECOWAS region.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/west-africa-the-new-telecoms-frontier/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/underground-sex-in-the-conservative-northern-nigeria/ http://www.africanloft.com/underground-sex-in-the-conservative-northern-nigeria/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:59:41 +0000 Guest Author http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2281
Outside the old city walls is a quarter known as the sabon gari, where "foreigners" traditionally lived, segregated from the Hausa-speaking indigenous population. With sharia law applicable in Kano, it is in the bars and hotels of the sabon gari - where Islamic jurisprudence does not reach - that illicit sex thrives.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/underground-sex-in-the-conservative-northern-nigeria/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-big-treat-ceo-pamela-wu-my-habit-is-work/ http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-big-treat-ceo-pamela-wu-my-habit-is-work/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:42 +0000 Misi http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2264
When I am at work, I have no needs and I remember nothing else. That is why I don’t really like public holidays or weekends...they make me feel sick.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-big-treat-ceo-pamela-wu-my-habit-is-work/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/going-green-kenya-to-extract-diesel-from-jatropha-tree/ http://www.africanloft.com/going-green-kenya-to-extract-diesel-from-jatropha-tree/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:15 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2268
As crude price skyrockets worldwide, Kenya at the jatropha tree. The tree is at the heart of a five-year strategy to develop bio fuel and reduce dependency on crude oil.
Photo: People line up to buy kerosene as some shops and petrol stations in Kenya. Reuters.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/going-green-kenya-to-extract-diesel-from-jatropha-tree/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/new-olympics-100m-record-in-45-steps-and-969-seconds-video/ http://www.africanloft.com/new-olympics-100m-record-in-45-steps-and-969-seconds-video/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:15:58 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2261
The 6-foot-5-inches, 195 pounds, the 21-year-old Jamaican, Usain Bolt, is the new world's fastest man. Bolt aka "Lightning", ran 9.69 seconds, beating his own record of 9.72sec set in New York on May 31 this year.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/new-olympics-100m-record-in-45-steps-and-969-seconds-video/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-surrenders-oil-rich-bakassi-to-cameroon-today/ http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-surrenders-oil-rich-bakassi-to-cameroon-today/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:24 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2258
The peninsula believed to hold significant amounts of crude oil deposits boost Cameroon's declining economy and oil production up from the current 90,000 barrels per day.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/nigeria-surrenders-oil-rich-bakassi-to-cameroon-today/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/playing-to-win-in-zimbabwe-a-sit-tight-tyrant-vs-olympic-medalist/ http://www.africanloft.com/playing-to-win-in-zimbabwe-a-sit-tight-tyrant-vs-olympic-medalist/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:03:04 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2255
As Mugabe continues his canny power games, another plays to win medals for the troubled nation.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/playing-to-win-in-zimbabwe-a-sit-tight-tyrant-vs-olympic-medalist/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/watch-africa-at-the-2008-beijing-olympics/ http://www.africanloft.com/watch-africa-at-the-2008-beijing-olympics/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:47 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2240
Follow the African athletes at Beijing Olympics in multimedia; contents updated round the clock.]]> http://www.africanloft.com/watch-africa-at-the-2008-beijing-olympics/feed/