November 20, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Red Notice and Current News Yesterday, Nov. 19, my Mount Holyoke book group was ready to discuss Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice. I had nearly finished the book the night before. … Continue reading
November 16, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Hate on Display Whoopi Goldberg, Trevor Noah And “06880”: The Sequel I often quote Dan Woog’s blog, “06880.” He writes about Westport (our zip code is 06880) and events or people with connections to the town. On Saturday evening he … Continue reading
October 11, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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UN Women, October 11 International Day of the Girl UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile has written a letter to girls for today. She says, “It is a time for the protection and assertion of rights, a time to listen hard … Continue reading
September 17, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Dallas Killing, “Living While Black” I could hardly believe the story when I first read about the case of Botham Shem Jean, a black man from St. Lucia, who was shot and killed in his own apartment in Dallas, Texas. … Continue reading
August 16, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Africa’s Future I follow the Nigerian blogger Max Siollun. In his recent blog he referenced an article from the Financial Times and included the article. Reasons To Be Optimistic About #Africa’s Future Siollun begins by saying, “[The article] makes a point that I … Continue reading
June 21, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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US Withdraws from UN Human Rights Council The US has withdrawn from the UNHRC, the United Nations Human Rights Council. Nikki Haley, our ambassador to the UN, explained the reason, according to CNN: “the body of bias against US ally … Continue reading
April 2, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Using Tradition to Combat Human Trafficking Benin was a powerful West African kingdom centuries before Europeans arrived in what is now Nigeria. Portuguese explorers came in the late 15th century. Trade developed between the Edo people of Benin and the … Continue reading
March 17, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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St Patrick’s Day I read a couple of days ago that St. Patrick wasn’t Irish. There weren’t snakes in Ireland so he couldn’t have rid the island of snakes as legend says. The original color of the day honoring him … Continue reading
November 21, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Thanksgiving Celebration We will drive to our daughter’s home in Philadelphia on Thursday morning for our Thanksgiving celebration with her family. She said all I need to do is bring the ham. I like that! I’ll also take Mama Stamberg’s … Continue reading
September 14, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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President Buhari Praises Agriculture in Nigeria I’m happy to see President Muhammadu Buhari back in action. He cut the ribbon to inaugurate, “Africa’s biggest hatchery and feed mill,” according to Premium Times. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/243071-nigeria-must-feed-buhari.html The project is in Kaduna in northern Nigeria. … Continue reading