Tag: african dance

Business in Africa: It’s Boom Time if You Can Dance

There is much more happening in Africa than what you see on TV. There is a reason the world’s big businesses are paying closer attention to the continent known for its challenges like poverty, disease, gang rape and high maternal and infant mortality. Some of the portrayals are real. Last week, former President of Nigeria, Olusegun… Continue reading Business in Africa: It’s Boom Time if You Can Dance

Angola’s new Doggy-Style Dance a Hit For 2011, Say Experts

The year 2011 will be represented by a cat in the Chinese horoscope. In Angola it is already, without the slightest doubt, the year of the dog. A new urban dance in Angola, the Do Cambuá, has shot temperatures up in an already overheated country. The Do Cambuá, a variant of the Angolan dance Kuduro,… Continue reading Angola’s new Doggy-Style Dance a Hit For 2011, Say Experts

So what’s up with this one shoulder thing?

First of all let me say that I’m not a journalist. I’m a chemist. What I do here is called blogging. Blogging gives me more latitude to cover whatever crosses my mind hoping somebody will read them. For the past few weeks, I have been writing heavily on malaria, Robert and Grace Mugabe, poverty in… Continue reading So what’s up with this one shoulder thing?