The Hibiscus Notes

Reflections on life, love, the arts, Africa and its Diaspora

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Taking Ownership of the UN’s failings

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World leaders are gathering for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Each leader will get 15 minutes on a...
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Sunday, 12 September 2010

The angry black woman

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I watched a film called 'Not easily broken' with Taraji P Henson and Morris Chestnut and was taken aback by how unpleasant Taraji...
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Sunday, 5 September 2010

NY-LON Part I – The City that never sleeps

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I can assure you that it’s not a myth or hype; there really is something special about New York. The City with more than 8.3million inhabita...
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Friday, 6 August 2010

Let's keep our beliefs to ourselves

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It's always best to avoid discussing religion if you can help it. Even when cornered by people eager to learn and quiz my religious beli...
Saturday, 31 July 2010

My expose on immigration in the Netherlands

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It started out as a joke between a friend and I, everywhere I went during my short break in the Netherlands, my inquisitive read: nosey pers...
Friday, 30 July 2010

(you are not) Welcome to the USA

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I'm usually a big fan of the USA although I don't buy into the American dream thing, I do admire their 'can do' attitude and...
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Life = Pushing yourself

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I guess it must be human nature to avoid difficult things; we generally prefer to take the easy road because frankly who likes failure. So t...
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So why a blog? I've heard the comment that bloggers are self-obsessed. I'd like to say that we certainly aren't but we do have opinions - we like to comment on life, the papers, other people's actions - you don't have to agree with us but you may find that we reflect your line of thinking. So read on and if you have an opinion...share it. If you like our blog...talk about it. If you object....say so but be polite about it. We can disagree but let's do so agreeably. Enjoy reading and if you'd like to contribute then let us know.
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