Madonna and Malawi

For those who are not aware of the connection between the two nouns in the title of this post, Madonna is an American pop star and Malawi is a southern African country. Recently, Madonna created a relationship with Malawi that began with her adopting kids from that country and creating a charity that seems to be dedicated to education. However, the relationship between Madonna and Malawi now seems akin to that between a country and another country because Madonna has so dominated high level leadership in Malawi - from ministers to the president herself. The beggarly attitude of Malawi's elite has therefore placed Madonna on a par with the country itself so that there is a current row between the two that has brought the president, Joyce Banda, on the brink of apologizing to Madonna. How a whole African country has been reduced to the level of one American pop singer is a tale that is still unraveling.

The Guantanamo Of Central African Republic

See below the squalor in which the ousted dictator of Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, who is now hiding in Cameroon, maltreated his opponents.

Desmond Tutu Wins Templeton Prize

Racism In India: Black Africans Discriminated Against In India

That there is racism in India should come as no surprise for India is home to the Aryan ideology of racial purity that inspired Hitler and a caste system that describes dark-skinned people as lower caste (dalit). However, India's racism has not stopped with Aryanism or dalitism; it has now been extended to black Africans who have recently migrated to the subcontinent. This story from the BBC makes the point.

Muslim Brotherhood Makes Copts Long For Mubarak

It is a stinging rebuke to the brief reign of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt that Copts are longing for the life they lived under the reign of Mubarak. If Mubarak, who was widely rejected in Egypt as a dictator who did not care much for the people, is now seen as someone who could protect the people better, then the reign of the Muslim Brotherhood under Mohammad Morsi must be pretty despicable. It is reported that life for the Copts of Egypt has become increasingly tortuous since the Muslim brotherhood came to power. They have increasingly demonstrated their willingness to eradicate the Copts from Egypt in an apparent attempt to install Islamic fundamentalism that finds it impossible to live with a neighbor of a different faith. If the Muslim Brotherhood is serious that they want to make Egypt a hospitable place for all Egyptians, they must begin by calling their riotous followers to order. Their current rule seems to be taking Egypt back decades, if not centuries. Pretending to be against dictatorship, their reign is now so dictatorial that the Copts are longing for the time of another dictator. Egypt should not be changing one dictatorship for another. Egypt could do better!

Cameroonian Taxpayers Paying For Two Dictators

The Cameroonian taxpayers are currently paying to house two dictators. One is the fugitive and ousted dictator of Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, and the other is Cameroon's own dictator, Paul Biya. Mr. Bozize is apparently currently being housed in the Hilton hotel in downtown Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, while Paul Biya is sitting on the people in the people's palace in Etudi. Both men are living in upscale luxuries even as many Cameroonians struggle to make ends meet. Taxpayer money ought to be put to better use rather than entertaining dictators.

Jon Stewart To Mohammad Morsi: Man Up!