Wandia Njoya's blog

Conventional wisdom, at least in the academic world, states that the colonial "divide and rule" policy created the acrimonious institution of "tribes" by freezing African identities and favoring one group frozen in that identity to the detriment of the others. The Tutsi of Rwanda and the Agikuyu of Kenya are often cited as examples of those who were favored; but upon close examination of history, this thesis reveals some loopholes.

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Rwandans are remembering the genocide of Tutsis 14 years ago, which was the culmination of a racist script written in Europe and then rehearsed in the continent for over 100 years with an African cast.  read more »

I had promised myself that I would not write another piece on Obama because I don't care much for politicians and I care even less for American presidents. The possibility of having a black man in a white house in Washington DC hasn't changed my mind. However, I decided to betray myself when I belatedly stumbled upon Alice Walker's piece "Lest We Forget: An Open Letter to My Sisters Who Are Brave."

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It is with great admiration, pride and respect that I pen this belated homage to Aimé Césaire, a son of Martinique and a child of Africa.

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The Yahoo! Headlines that invade my consciousness every time I log off my email account are often annoying. The patronizing reports about Asia, pessimistic ones about Africa and gooey ones about US - from Hollywood fashion to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are, frankly speaking, often irrelevant and an assault on my soul and sanity. But occasionally I get to see an amusing headline.  read more »