No tags for this post.Shortly after CNN declared Obama the winner just before 7 a.m. (Kenya time) on Wednesday, President Kibaki announced that Kenyans will on Thursday take a day off to mark the historic election of Obama to the most powerful office on earth.
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A day off for Obama
2008
11.05
11.05
Sweet Banana
2005
11.12
11.12
African Officer of the Rhodesian African Rifle
Sweet Banana, the regimental song of the Rhodesian African Rifles (1916-1981).
A, B, C, D, E Headquarters I will buy you a sweet banana
A, B, C, D, E Headquarters I will buy you a sweet banana
Banana, Banana, Banana, I will buy you a sweet banana
Shield spear and knobkerrie, soldiers in war and peace
In war she fights with bravery, I will buy you a sweet banana
One Two and the Depot RAR-O, I will buy you a sweet banana
One Two and the Depot RAR-O, I will buy you a sweet banana
Banana, Banana, Banana, I will buy you a sweet banana
Shield spear and knobkerrie, soldiers in war and peace
In war she fights with bravery, I will buy you a sweet banana
Rhodesia, Burma, Egypt ne Malaya takarwa tika kunda
Rhodesia, Burma, Egypt ne Malaya takarwa tika kunda
Muhondo, Muhondo, Muhondo Inorwa no kushinga
Nhowo pfumo netsvimbo ndiyo RAR-O
Muhondo ne runyararo ndichakutengera sweet banana
A, B, C, D Support Headquarters ndidzo ndichapedza hondo dzoze
A, B, C, D Support Headquarters ndidzo ndichapedza hondo dzoze
Banana, Banana, Banana ndichakutengera sweet banana
Nhowo pfomo netsvimbo ndiyo RAR-O
Muhondo ne runyararo ndichakutengera sweet banana
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De Beers is forever?
2004
05.30
05.30
Edward Jay Epstein’s 1982 investigation on The Atlantic Monthly has lost none of its punch on revealing how De Beers Consolidated Mines has single-handedly created a multi-billion-euro market for a stone that was perceived to have little intrinsic value as lately as the 1930s.
As Epstein observes:
The diamond invention is far more than a monopoly for fixing diamond prices; it is a mechanism for converting tiny crystals of carbon into universally recognized tokens of wealth, power, and romance
. . . . The illusion had to be created that diamonds were forever — “forever” in the sense that they should never be resold.
— “Have You Ever Tried To Sell A Diamond?”
. . . And what has happened since 1982?
Epstein returns to the same theme in his 2000 Wall Street Journal article about “blood diamonds”, The New Diamond Con.
The late 1990s De Beers’ de-cartelization efforts are covered by CNN Money: De Beers buffs its image.
The Business Day in Johannesburg explains the latest [May 2004] on De Beers’ sematics on its cartel: De Beers Cartel System Under Renewed Pressure
And lastly, for a comprehensive book-lenght survey that expands on the 1982 article, you can do no better than spend a night, or three, in front of your monitor reading Epstein’s The Diamond Invention, a 22-chapter book available for free on his website.
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Big-tent diplomacy for the home
2004
04.28
04.28
The Guardian has some tips on how to to recreate that special Bedouin reception on a shoestring. No need to discuss Pan-Am frequent-flyer miles, though, I’d voucher…
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