July 10, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Mohegan Sun My sister Beth has been visiting for the past twelve days. She’s flying home to Cincinnati as I write. We’re alike in some ways, different in others, like most siblings. She loves to gamble, so nearly every time … Continue reading
July 1, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Westport’s 4th of July Fireworks Westport and the surrounding towns agree every year about which nights to have their fireworks so they don’t interfere with each other. This year Westport’s fireworks were on June 30! Not even July, but still a … Continue reading
March 23, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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UN in Need? On the Sunday in the middle of the two weeks of the Commission on the Status of Women, I read an op-ed about the UN written by someone from Westport, CT where I live. Anthony Banbury, the author, … Continue reading
February 19, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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No Award for Prisoners I asked last time if you watched the Grammys. I was rooting for the prisoners from Malawi who had recorded an album with the help of a musician who travels the world looking for unusual and authentic … Continue reading
January 31, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Contours of Life This morning Rev. Dr. John Morehouse talked about “The Path of Least Resistance,” the final sermon on his month’s theme of resistance. He has asked us to demonstrate resistance when we confront injustice. But today he said there … Continue reading
January 27, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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US Commerce Secretary in Nigeria Nigeria is struggling with the low price of oil and what that is doing to foreign exchange. These problems have happened before. The forming of Nigerwives, the organization I helped found in the late 1970’s, … Continue reading
December 10, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Things Fall Apart I had the pleasure of meeting with the Scarsdale High School Teachers’ Association book group this afternoon, December 10. They had read Chinua Achebe’s masterful novel, Things Fall Apart, and invited me to talk about that and about … Continue reading
July 31, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Obama at the African Union Professor Vinnie Ferraro in his blog on Tuesday included the link to the video of U.S. President Obama, the first American President to address the meeting of the African Union. “The meeting was in Ethiopia and Obama … Continue reading
April 2, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Major Genera, now President Elect, Muhammadu Buhari Buhari is the Winner! I watched the Nigerian election results with my husband Clem and our older son Chinaku who is visiting from Nigeria. We were all thrilled with the result. When we heard … Continue reading
March 14, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Mercenaries Fighting Boko Haram? Are South African mercenaries helping Nigerian forces battle Boko Haram? I saw a report in The NYTimes, and then found several other media, including the BBC, talking about the presence of South African and former Soviet Union soldiers … Continue reading