RAMBLE in the JUNGLE

Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

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• African Dance Misconstrued and Misunderstood

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 8 Jan 2025 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Observe the dance of Africa, dear friends: a harmony of mind and body blends.

  Tags: poem, dance, stereotypes

• The Politics We Know

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 22 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  How did our elders manage before? Let's look to our roots and study self-management.

  Tags: poem, limerick, party-politics, indigenous-governance

• Not Education, but Literacy

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 19 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Literacy is more than just to read: it's the breath, the root, the seed.

  Tags: poem, literacy, language, colonialism

• Africa Land of Ancestors II

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 17 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Eleven million miles so grand, a motherlode of precious land. Africa, rise and take a stand.

  Tags: poem, self-rule, land, rural-exodus

• Postcolonial Dysfunction

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 16 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  There will be hungry mouths to feed as long as the ability to self-rule is hindered by postcolonial dysfunction.

  Tags: colonialism, centralised-power, hunger, religion

• Self-Rule is Not Rocket Science

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 12 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Self-rule's not some distant star; it's who we are.

  Tags: poem, self-rule, colonial-legacy

• Titres Coloniaux, Cadres Vides

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 9 Oct 2024 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  « Président », « Excellence », « Honorable » : des mots d'un temps passé, mais les actes, eux, restent amers.

  Tags: poem, french-language, leadership

• CAMEROONS Crisis – Where is the Wealth?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 6 Mar 2023 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Since 1960, ask a GrandMa in Ngolemeduka: "Where is the wealth?"

  Tags: cfa-franc, oil, bakassi, ambazonia

• Peace in the Cameroons?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 31 Jan 2023 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Peace in the Cameroons goes through France. If you want the MAIN SHOW, you'll have to go through the ÉLYSÉE.

  Tags: france, cfa-franc, peace, elysee

• CAMEROONS Crisis: Oui or Non m'sieu?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 23 Jan 2023 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Signing anything with Franco-Cameroun without France is a WASTE of EVERYONE's time.

  Tags: france, negotiation, ambazonia

• CAMEROONS Crisis: Follow the Real Money

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 8 Jan 2023 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  The thing every citizen fondles in their pocket is money. Knowing where it comes from is a good thing. Follow the money, if you can.

  Tags: cfa-franc, banque-de-france, corporations, oil

• CAMEROONS Crisis – One This, One That – is a SCAM

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 7 Jan 2023 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Even if it ran as long as Methuselah lived, a CORRUPT system anywhere in the world is a SCAM that will NOT SOLVE BASIC PROBLEMS.

  Tags: cfa-franc, corruption, france, ambazonia

• Time out!

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 20 Dec 2022 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  If someone controls the money in your pocket, you are their "robot".

  Tags: france, cfa-franc, ambazonia, self-rule

• AFRICA: DEMOCRACY in "Black" Africa?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 11 Feb 2022 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Unlike other communities in foreign places, most of "Black" Africa is a community of FAMILIES, not one of POLITICAL PARTIES.

  Tags: democracy, political-parties, family, systems-thinking, education

• People-Centered vs Party-Centered GOVT?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 29 May 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  A tree without a ROOT cannot SURVIVE.

  Tags: party-politics, roots, neo-colonialism

• AMBA+AFRICA Problem is Proof of AUTHENTICITY

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 15 May 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  The real crux of post-colonial Africa's problems is the LOSS, or LACK, of AUTHENTICITY.

  Tags: authenticity, representation, leadership

• "Nation Building without Power Tools for the Youth"?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 4 Jan 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Youth need POWER TOOLS, not guns.

  Tags: youth, tools, guns, nation-building

• FRANCE – KILLING AFRICA SOFTLY

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 3 Jan 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  If your currency is printed by someone, you respect that someone, or else you start printing for yourself.

  Tags: cfa-franc, france, migration

• How to Govern? What?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 2 Jan 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Government by the people is simply "do it yourself". And it's not rocket science.

  Tags: government, etymology, metaphor, systems

• "I AM A MAN"?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2021 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  UBUNTU: "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu". A person is a person through other people.

  Tags: ubuntu, bantu, language, dignity