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/africans-unite-in-harlem/ http://www.africanloft.com/africans-unite-in-harlem/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:04:00 +0000 Pamela Stitch http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2302 http://www.africanloft.com/africans-unite-in-harlem/feed/ 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/tributes-to-the-alaye-of-ode-remo-%e2%80%93-oba-funsho-adeolu/ http://www.africanloft.com/tributes-to-the-alaye-of-ode-remo-%e2%80%93-oba-funsho-adeolu/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:37 +0000 Omotaylor http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2300 http://www.africanloft.com/tributes-to-the-alaye-of-ode-remo-%e2%80%93-oba-funsho-adeolu/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/michelle-obama-steps-up-to-americanizer-hubby/ http://www.africanloft.com/michelle-obama-steps-up-to-americanizer-hubby/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:05:16 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2298 http://www.africanloft.com/michelle-obama-steps-up-to-americanizer-hubby/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/beijing-olympics-african-athletes-win-40-medals/ http://www.africanloft.com/beijing-olympics-african-athletes-win-40-medals/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:45:13 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2289 http://www.africanloft.com/beijing-olympics-african-athletes-win-40-medals/feed/ http://www.africanloft.com/olympic-soccer-final-video-highlight-nigeria-lost-the-gold-to-argentina/ http://www.africanloft.com/olympic-soccer-final-video-highlight-nigeria-lost-the-gold-to-argentina/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:55:12 +0000 CareTaker http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2287 http://www.africanloft.com/olympic-soccer-final-video-highlight-nigeria-lost-the-gold-to-argentina/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/rub-a-dub-south-africas-newest-sensation-smashes/ http://www.africanloft.com/rub-a-dub-south-africas-newest-sensation-smashes/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:22:12 +0000 Pamela Stitch http://www.africanloft.com/?p=2273
"It took a while for people to accept our music because we don't exactly fit into any category." ]]> http://www.africanloft.com/rub-a-dub-south-africas-newest-sensation-smashes/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/