September 17, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Killing in Dallas and in Cameroon

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

April 22, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Earth Day Messages

Earth Day Message With a Hockey Stick Saturday evening Clem and I attended a Mount Holyoke College alumnae event in Fairfield with speaker Dr. Alan Werner. According to his bio, “Dr. Werner is Professor of Geology at Mount Holyoke College.  His … Continue reading

July 31, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Barack in Africa, Catherine in Maine

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

July 27, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Live as Brothers or Perish as Fools

Girls as Bombers Reading about girls being used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram is so sad. I can’t imagine they are undertaking the task willingly. Are they tricked into wearing the bombs? Or forced? Do they realize what it … Continue reading