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AFRICAN TRUMPET EDITION 21
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Have you picked a copy of our September edition...Stop by the closest African grocery shop, church or restaurant for your copy. You can also download a copy through this link http://www.yudu.com/item/details/408415/AFRICAN-TRUMPET-EDITION-21
South African Consul-General in Los Angeles Talks To African Trumpet
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Your community newspaper, the African Trumpet was recently granted an interview by Mr Cyril Ndaba, the Consul-General of South Africa. Our correspondent, Isaac Appiah brings you what transpired at the interview.
GHANAIANWAY STREET OPENS IN NEW JERSEY
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By: Isaac Amo-Kyereme
History was made in New Jersey on Saturday, June 24th 2011, when a local street Victoria street was renamed “Ghanaian Way’. The street which houses a number of Ghanaian businesses perhaps is the only street named after a country in America.
Olympic marathon champion Wanjiru dies in balcony fall
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NAIROBI (AFP) – Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya died overnight at the age of 24 after falling from the second floor of his home in the town of Nyahururu, police have said.
“He fell from the balcony of his home after a row with his wife. We found him lying on the verandah with a broken skull,” a police officer in the region, Jasper Ombati, said.
2012 Diversity Visa Lottery Results Canceled
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The State Department has canceled the results of the 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery that were posted atwww.dvlottery.state.gov in May 2011. A problem with a computer program caused results that were not valid. The results didn't represent a fair, random selection of entrants, which federal law requires. If you applied to the Diversity Visa Lottery between October 5, 2010 and November 3, 2010
A notice on the US State government website reads as folows:
**IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE 2012 DIVERSITY LOTTERY PROGRAM**
The Good News about Africa’s Population Boom
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England’s Smartest Family is African
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Peter and Paula Imafidon, 9-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in northeast London, England are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education. The two youngest siblings have made British history as the youngest students to ever enter high school. They astounded veteran experts of academia when they became the youngest to ever pass the University of Cambridge’s advanced mathematics exam. That's on top of the fact they have set world records when they passed the A/AS-level math papers.
GHANA DRAWS 1-1 WITH ENGLAND
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Ghana's Black Stars on March 29th earned a deserved draw when Asamoah Gyan's 90+1-minute goal cancelled Andy Carroll's first in the first half in a historic clash with the Three Lions of England at Wembley.
England kicked-off strongly and appeared set to drown Ghana in goals as the Ghanaians looked lethargic and lost many of the 50-50 balls, apparently as a result of their long flight from Congo Brazzaville less than 48 hours earlier.
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MONEY MATTERS with Ken Barnes: Is there anything like a good debt?
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Debt- defined loosely as an amount of money owed to a person, organization or nation for funds borrowed is one of the most talked about topics in any household and financial planning workshop. Countries and Nations devote whole ministries and boards to discuss and manage debt. My church, The Solid Foundation Chapel, is currently treating debt as a topic in our practical living series lessons. I have personally over the years taught many workshops on Debt and how to get out of debt. So I will like to discuss an aspect of this all important subject-debt this month!
BRONX REPORT-Why A Bronx Report Column? By:Dr Mark Naison, Fordham University
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If you ask people about the Bronx, the first thing most people would mention would be the Yankees. Next would come the Zoo and the Botanical Gardens, after that Fordham University, then more negatively, a range of attributes associated with urban decay, such as gangs and drugs and arson, coupled with a some apologetic references to the Bronx’s significance in the development of Latin Music and Hip Hop.
DEAD FOR WANT OF A BIGGER BUTT
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A Newsdesk compilation
Claudia Aderotimi or Claudia Adusei, was a 20 year old student and dancer who thought enhancing her butt would make her more attractive and get her into more music videos
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS AFRICAN MOVIE STARS
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By: Isaac Amo-Kyereme
The 19th Annual Pan African Film festival (PAFF) has ended in Los Angeles with a strong representation from many African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Mali etc. The festival which ended on February 23rd screened over a 100 films made by/or about people of African descent from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the Pacific, Europe and Canada.
BRONX REPORT COMING UP
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The Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) will as from the next edition be bringing you the BRONX REPORT. A column that focus on developments within the African community in Bronx, New York.
The BAAHP, an insititute of Fordham University under the leadership of Dr Mark Naison has been working within the community to forge closer ties amongst Africans and African Americans as well as the entire university community.
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Out Of Africa presents The Black Stars Of Africa
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RUSTENBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.- Are the bookmakers always right? During the start of the 2010 FIFA
Story by: Ekow Shalders
World cup in South Africa,bookmakers did not see hope in TEAM GHANA(BLACK STARS) The shining stars of Africa have proved a lot of people wrong including the connoisseurs who termed the match between Ghana and the United States of America(USA) as the payback time match in favor of the "Yankee Boys".Ghana ,the only surviving African
team in the tournament which is being held for the first time on the continent's soil however ended otherwise.
UN HONORS CLAUDINE AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE
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By: Isaac Amo-Kyereme....
As part of the celebration of the International Day Of Families by the United Nations, Marie-Claudine Mukamabano, a Rwandan survivor of the 1994 genocide has been honored as an Ambassador for peace at the United Nations headquarters.
Senegal Inaugurates The World’s Tallest Statue
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Senegal's African Renaissance monument, the tallest statue in the world has been unveiled amid criticism that the 49-metre bronze statue is a presidential vanity project and waste of money.
The representation of a man, woman and child emerging from a volcano was inaugurated at a ceremony featuring hundreds of drummers and dancers.
The statue, which cost $27m and is taller than the Statue of Liberty, stands on a hill overlooking the capital, Dakar. It marks Senegal's 50 years of independence, and the president, Abdoulaye Wade has said he hopes it will become a tourist attraction. Wade, 83, who is expected to seek another term in office at elections in 2012, said the monument commemorated the entire continent. "It brings to life our common destiny," Reuters reported him saying at the launch ceremony. "Africa has arrived in the 21st century standing tall and more ready than ever to take its destiny into its hands.
Census Day Has Passed, So Now What?
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By Pharoh Martin NNPA National Correspondent . Courtesy http://www.newamericamedia.org.
Census Day, April 1, has passed but that doesn't mean it's too late to turn in your 10-question Census form to be counted. The Census Bureau will continue to accept 2010 Census questionnaires by mail through mid-April.
Children of Fire
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Ubuntu Corner sets out in this edition to investigate the horrors of South African shanty towns. This year as tourists flock to South Africa's 2010 FIFA World Cup they will experience one of the most beautiful countries in the World. But, sadly, behind the scenes vast numbers of South Africans are living in impoverished conditions in shanty towns called squatter camps or imijondolo.
FIRE COMPLETELY GUTS HOME OF JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
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The residence of former president of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings at Ridge, Accra, has been gutted extensively by fire.
UBUNTU CORNER - INVICTUS, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
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June 25, 1995 was a defining moment for South Africa.Sometimes, defining moments occur when we don't see them for what they are. It's only afterwards, as we look back, that we understand their importance.The mediocre Springbok teams' performance in the third Webb Ellis world cup final typified this.
It was indeed an iconic moment which was to change our destiny forever.
UBUNTU CORNER-The Changing Face of Britain
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Mr Guy Mulvaney, our South Africa correspondent, looks at the changing face of Britain through an African's perspective.
America`s Socialist Roots
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Dr. Thompson is a Public Intellectual of many parts. He was for a number of years Spokesperson on the Economy for one of Ghana's leading opposition parties, the Convention Peoples’ Party (the political organization formed by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah). He has been affiliated with a number of renowned research institutions in Ghana, most notably the Institute Democratic Governance. Dr. Thompson has published extensively across the social and political economy literature, though with a perceptible slant towards the historicist and developmentalist strains within the discipline. In recent times, some local and international media have taken to calling him “Ghana's leading Economist”.
$8 billion invested in Africa’s ICT in 2008
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure, said that $8 billion was invested in the development of Information and C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Technology (ICT) in Africa in 2008. Toure disclosed this at a world press conference to mark the end of the African Telecom Development Summit 2009 held in Abuja. He commended the giant strides made in the telecommunications industry in the last decade, adding ... Read More
More Oil Discovered In Ghana
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The Sankofa-A1 well, drilled at Cape Three Points Block on Ghana's offshore by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in conjunction with Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited (Vitol), discovered a net hydrocarbon column of approximately 36.3 metres. It comprised 33.1 metres of gas and 3.2 metres of oil in reservoir sands of Campanian age. A statement issued in Accra by the GNPC said "The success of this well confirms the prospects of ... Read More
Shocked South African caller speaks to President Zuma
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A South African woman phoned up a new anticorruption hotline and was shocked to find herself talking to President Jacob Zuma.
