WANAMAG (We Are the New Africa Magazine)

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Wisdomis like abaobabtree; no one individual can

embrace it. ~ Akan proverb


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Edito 3

Politcs 4

Artist of the month:

Linda Merimbe 8

Gusto 10

Cinema 13

Wana People 14

Social Issue 18

Musique 21

Fashion 22

High - Tech 24

Dcouverte 26

Short story 28

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Enjoy your Summer Holidays

Ahmed Sallaheddine

EDITOCONTENTS


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Few days ago, the Heads of Africans States were in

Addis Ababa to celebrate the 50th

anniversary of the

African Union. We were astonished to see how happy

and proud they were, as a builder who has done a

great job, and looks his masterwork with pride. But the

point is that no one is seeing his masterwork except

him, merely because there is no masterwork around. In

fact, there is nothing but the rocks.

Actually, seeing the African Union as a failure today is

tough. Tough because at the roots, this project owned

everything to be successful. Indeed, during the 60th

,

when independences fathers thought not about the

African Union, but the United States of Africa, we are

deeply convinced that their dreams and ambitions for

the continent were bigger than this poor result in front

of our eyes.

Those over-ambitious young men such as Garvey,

W.E.B Dubois, Padmore, Ken-

yatta, Nkrumah, Um Nyob ,

Lumumba, Nasser and the

others who have fought had

huge dreams. So huge that

some of them gave their life

to ensure to the posterity

freedom and bequeath to us a

wealthy and prosperous continent.

But the fact is that African Union today is a wreck. And

for this reason, we must ask ourselves one question:

Do we really think that this AU is the one in Marcus

Garveys mind, when he spoke about an Africa strong,

united and flourishing?

African Union, from dream tonightmare. (Part I)

By Lionel SOPPO

POLITICS

Kwame Nkrumah and Gamal AbdelNasser

Ruben Um Nyobe


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No one can explain how this almost born project during

the 5th

Panafricanist congress in Manchester in 1945 -

when Dubois, Lumumba, Kenyatta, Padmore and

Nkrumah have made a decisive step toward the crea-

tion of United States of Africa by coming to an agree-

ment about setting up a Federal African State - could

still be today in embryonic stages.

We are wondering about knowing why did this noble

idea fail? What did really happen?

Because we are panafricanist from the bottom of our

heart, and we truly believe that its not too late to re-

vive the dream of Panafricanisms fathers, we have at-

tempted to figure out which kind of hurdles have led

the project of such brilliants minds to failure.

Nevertheless, complaining its not the aim, but find out

and understand the mistakes of the past, to avoid mak-

ing the same in the future.

After deep thought, we finally figured out some rea-

sons of this failure.

Indeed, after making the resolution about creating an

African Federal State, Nkrumah and the others decided

to share their thoughts and their wisdom with their

counterparts, because they were deeply convinced

that they would give their support at this project.

In fact, how could they picture that Africas sons would

be the one to set hindrance on their way?

How could they picture only one second that their

main foes would be their own brothers?

In fact, when they shared this great African project to

their counterparts, instead of being excited about it,

they strongly disagreed and were fiercely against it.

Among those dissidents, Senghor the Senegalese head

of State, followed by Nigeria, Liberia, Ethiopia, and nu-

merous formers French colonies.

Patrice Lumumba

G. Padmore M. Garvey

P. Lumumba and K. Nkrumah


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Surprisingly, they asserted that it was too early to build an

union, they added that union had to begin through an eco-

nomic cooperation.

Consequently, Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana, Gamal Abdel-

Nasser from Egypt, Sekou Toure from Guinea and many

panafricanist leaders, totally stunned and shocked about this

stance, decided to create a group named The Casablanca

Group

Members of this group were Ghana, Egypt, Mali, Guinea,

Libya and Morocco. The opposite group was The Monrovia

Group. Within it, Senegal, Nigeria, Liberia, Ethiopia and

most of former French colonies.

Voila! Africa was split!

Although the situation was becoming more and more com-

plicated to accomplish the build of the USA (United States of

Africa), panafricanist leaders still had hope to see their

brothers make up their minds, and act in the interest of

the continent.

Therefore, when in 1963, the Ethiopian Emperor Haile

Selassie the 1st

invited both parties in Addis Ababa, the

Casablanca Group accepted to negotiate with the Mon-

rovia Group in order to find a common ground. Thus they

made a compromise, and agreed to merge with the Mon-

rovia Group to create the same year the Organization of

African Unity (OAU).

However, it is important to point out that if Nkrumah and his

friends agreed to merge with those disagreed with their pro-

ject, it is merely because they strongly believed that they will

at the end won their counterparts over, and the latter would

finally come around and see the soundness of their proposi-

tion.

In fact, they were too far from the truth, because the idea of

having in front of them a mob of selfish people, totally rot-

ten to the core never crossed their minds. Unquestionably,

they could not know that OAU was just a trap, with main

goal the immobilization of the continent and its effective

separation. They could not know that many of the Mon-

rovia Group members, because they were first in European

parliament as deputies, felt themselves more European than

African. Thus, more disposed to protect Europeans interests.

Since then, OAU turned into African Union (AU). The former

was lackluster, weak and useless, the new one too, without

any authority and credibility.

Lastly, it is important to highlight that those men had noble

heart, and it was primordial to underline all efforts they

made to try building a strong and great Africa. But regretta-

bly, some Africans just concerned about their own interests,

made hindrance and impeached them to reach their goals.Following of this analysis in the next WANAMAG issue.

(French version of this analysis on facebook: Rising Africa by

Lionel SOPPO)

Gamal Abdel-Nasser

Sekou Toure


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Lagos by night.


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MONTH

Linda MIREMBE,Stylist

By Cecile ESSONO

Ms Linda Mirembe,Uganda born designer is thefounder and award-winner of LinmiR Millinery.Which two years ago, launched her very firstcommercial ready-to-wear LinmiR Olivia Head-band as well as showcasing the entire 2013 col-lection to an exclusive audience on 11th April2013 at The Nile Bar. The Uganda High Com-mission in London was proud to be part if thisexclusive audience to enjoy LinmiRs designs up-close.

The LinmiR Olivia Headband Launch and 2013Collection Showcase was the first of its kind by aUgandan designer in UK. The designer show-

cased the different designs of the LinmiR OliviaHeadband and her entire 2013 collection.


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Ms Mirembe has won the Designer of the Year

BEFFTA (Black Entertainment Film Fashion TV

Awards) and taken part in Young Designers

Awards Radical Awards. She has also showcased

at a number of both UK and international fashionevents including London Fashion Weeks Fashion

Finest, Mahogany Bridal Show, Maryland Fashion

Week USA, Out of Africa (Dublin)Ireland, 50

Years of Fashion at Ug@50, UK to celebrate 50

years of Ugandas independence, and dressed up

Miss Uganda UK 2012 contestants. The Ugandan

creative hat designer has made an appearance in

the Hat Stand of British Vogue April issue.

So,as black we are proud to see one of us putting

a real mark in the world of fashion which is not

an easy territory for African in Europe.Hopefully

in the years to come we will have many more.


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Afrique du Nord : Le couscous

LAfrique du Nord est renomme pour son cous-

cous. Ce plat est lambassadeur de lAfrique de

Nord et la quintessence de la finesse de lart culi-

naire nord-africain. Ce plat est fait base de se-moule de bl dur, agrment de pois chiches, etselon les gouts de chacun, de raisins secs. La pr-paration est relativement simple : de la semoule,du jus de cuisson (de lgumes, viande ou poissonselon de choix daccompagnement), des pois chi-

ches et des raisins (pas forcement dans cet or-dre) et hop, le tour est jou. Au poisson ou auxlgumes, au buf ou au mouton, le couscous fait

beaucoup plus que ravir les palais, il nous trans-porte en Afrique du Nord de par la varit deses pices.

LAfrique est un continent riche de couleurs, de sons divers et de fumets tous aussi va-

ris que dlicieux. Non seulement dlicieux mais aussi riches en nutriments et terrible-

ment nourrissants.

Aujourdhui nous vous proposons de dcouvrir lAfrique en saveurs, mets typiques par

rgion, du nord au sud de lAfrique.

Par Alice-Malle K.

GUSTO


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Afrique Centrale : Ndol

Le trs clbre lgume amer gnralement est retrouv ettrs largement consomme au Nigeria (bitter leaf ou OfeOnugbu) et au Cameroun (Ndol). Cest une plante lgu-

mire amre dont les feuilles sont consommes vertes ou

sches. Le Ndol (prononcez Ndo-Lai) est un plat tradi-tionnel, pas du tout amer malgr lamertume naturelle des

feuilles fraichement cueillies. Il provient principalement de laprovince du Littoral du Cameroun. Il se consomme dans unesauce faite base darachide dite blanche, de viande de buf

et de crevettes fraiches et accompagne de banane-plantain(ou aloco), de miondo (bton de manioc) ou tout autre fcu-

lent selon le gout de chacun. Le Ndol aurait aussi des ver-tus thrapeutiques.

Afrique de lOuest : Le

Thieboudienne

Cest la rgion de lAfrique o le Thieboudienne (ouTchep) est roi. Le Thieboudienne (mot wolof) est unmet constitu principalement de riz et de poisson,avec quelques lgumes tels que carottes, aubergines,tomates et du manioc comme unique tubercule du re-pas. Il est largement rpandu en Afrique de lOuest et

communment appel Riz Sngalais ou RizGras . Ce plat est excellent et plein de lgumes (grosplus pour une bonne sant). Faites donc un tour dansle restaurant ouest-africain le plus proche et vous

men direz des nouvelles.

Afrique de lEst : Ugali et

Nyama Choma

La cuisine de lAfrique orientale est majoritairementcaractrise par les influences de lInde, lAngleterre,

le Liban de par son ouverture au ct oriental dumonde. Nanmoins, le plat le plus consomm danscette rgion est lugali, Couscous base de farine de

mas, et le Nyama Choma qui nest rien dautre que

de la viande (buf, porc, mouton, ou autres viandes

de chasse) grille.


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Afrique de Sud :

Pap et Wors et Bobotjie

Le Pap and wors (prononcez pap and Vors) est ce met traditionnel de lAfrique australe est trslargement consomme dans la rgion, quelle que soit la classe sociale. Le pap nest autre que du cous-

cous (ou ugali en Afrique orientale). Le pap est donc accompagn de wors (ou boerewors), des saucis-ses de viande de buf, porc ou mouton assaisonnes et grilles, le tout rehauss dune sauce de lgu-

mes (petits pois, tomates, mas doux, oignons) appele Chakalaka . Mais encore plus populaire, cestle bobotjie (prononcez bo-bow-tie). Le bobotjie est un plat traditionnel cuisin depuis le 17 mesicle.

Cest un plat gratin au four qui lpoque

se mangeait avec du porc ou du moutonmais maintenant plutt avec de la viande de

buf ou de lagneau hache et agrmentede poudre de curry, du sambal ou du chut-ney, du gingembre, de la marjolaine, du zes-

te de citron, des oignons, des fruits secscomme des abricots ou des raisins secs avecune garniture faite base dufs et de pain.

Ce plat saccompagne gnralement avec du

riz basmati. Au vue des nombreuses pices,il semblerait quil soit inspir de la cuisine

des Indes orientales principalement du Bo-botok indonsien et se consomme en Zam-bie, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Afrique du Sud,


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CINEMA

ATTALAKU, de Dieudo HAMADI (sortieMars 2013)

La veille des lections prsidentielles de 2011 enRpublique Dmocratique du Congo, un pasteur

sans-le-sou vend ses services d'animateur derue au candidat le plus offrant devenantAttalaku, crieur en Lingala. Ici est mises en exergue laforce de cet tonnant mode de communicationet son influence sur la population qui, au final estla seule dtentrice de pouvoir dans un tat d-mocratique.

W.A.K.A, de Franoise ELLONG (sortie 2013)

Cest lhistoire touchante de Mathilde, mre dun petit garon conu dansdes circonstances barbares, se battant bec et ongles contre les alas de lavie pour le bonheur de son fils. Au chmage, elle opte alors pour la prosti-tution pour subvenir leurs besoins. Et cest avec la tte haute, elle fera

preuve de sa force et de son combat face cette descente aux enfers. Labrillante Franco-Camerounaise du haut de ses 25ans, ralise l une petitemerveille, gratifie dune projection de la premire version du film au 66e

Festival de Cannes de mai dernier. A laide de fonds collects, Franoise

Ellong met sur pied ce qui ntait au dpart quun projet dans le but dillus-

trer lamour dune mre pour son enfant en ce temps de crise et dinscu-rit.

Quand la fiction reflte la ralit

Elections, galres, jeunesse, rbellion, sacrifice, ces quelques ingrdients pour concocter des uvres illustrant au mieux

la ralit vcue dans les contres africaines. Par Kate

Mouliom

LE PRESIDENT,

de Jean-Pierre BEKOLO(sortie 2013)

Aprs luvre controverse,

Les Saignantes , le ralisa-teur Bekolo nous revient avecce film qui amne nous ques-tionner sur le rgime prsiden-tiel dun pays, prsent depuisplus de 40 ans. Sont alors misen scne une population qui su-bit linjustice dun dirigeant fati-gu mais qui senracine sans ver-

gogne sur son trne, une jeunesse rvolte qui esprent envain dtre coute et bien dautres acteurs tels que la presse,

le gouvernement en place Ce film politique rvle une rali-

t qui perdure malgr la mondialisation et la lutte pour la d-mocratisation des pays encore sous le rgne de dictateurs in-diffrents la souffrance de leurs peuples.


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WANA

NELSON OBy Abel

I did not understand the seriousness of the African-

American struggle until I migrated to the United States.

Racism is everywhere. The effects of slavery still linger-

ing. This is evident if you have settled in and lived here for

a while. The shock from the formal education system isinevitable. Its challenging enough adapting to multi-

theoretical approaches of learning. In school, I had to deal

with good-intentioned classmates that were clueless

about the African culture. I had a few peers wonder in dis-

believe when I informed them it was my first time seeing a

lion in person while we visited the zoo on a pre-college

school trip. Financial challenges came from being ill-

informed about scholarship and sponsorship opportunities

for minorities, which are now readily accessible to stu-dents who engage in extracurricular activities on campus.

Most of my challenges came from adapting to a mostly

contrasting culture, as well as adapting to new ways of ex-

celling in school. Through socialization with people of

varying cultures, I have bridged gap and campaign against

stereotyping. The African youth is responsible for uphold-

ing the African culture while being open-minded to other

cultures.

What misconceptions would you like to change and how?

The misconception about Africa being a country, rather

than a continent is pathetic. Africa is made up of several

countries, each housing several states; and each state

housing several tribes with diverse cultures. They need to

be taught that the African culture is unique in its ability to

unite multi-tribes. In addition, people have a severe mis-

conception that Africa is such a poor continent made up of

a series of small huts, dry deserts, loose wild animals, and

starvation. Its my hope that the African youth, through

WANA Mag: What are some challenges you faced as an

nternational student, how did you overcome these chal-

enges?

Nelson Omoragbon: As an international student

an immigrant), I experienced cultural shocks! I was

o afraid of losing my African identity. I still wanted

o be able to keep my accent. I wanted to be able to

walk down on Flatlands, Fulton, Flatbush, Jamaica

nd Myrtle Avenues; and see hard-working, yet

heerful people gyrating on street corners. It was dif-

erent. I noticed an individualistic society. I couldnt

et accustomed to the fact that there were actual

an-handlers in America.


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EOPLE

ORAGBON

ommunity engagements across cultures, spread the

eauty of the motherland. Africa is a rich continent with

urplus natural resources, uninterested in hand-outs. The

Africa that I know is filled with hard-working people full of

fe. Africa is vulnerable to exploitation from self-

roclaimed international charitable organizations; and

hese methods should be discouraged. The African Youths

nd its leaders, if held accountable, can solve its own prob-

ems

During college were you involved in any cultural groups, what

ole did you have?

N. O: During College, I was actively involved in several cul-

ural student groups. I had executive board as well as ac-

ive membership roles. In my roles as an active member,

Vice President, or President of the West African Student

Association at Brooklyn College, we created a force to be

eckoned with on campus while fostering unity amongst

tudents of African descents. . The African youths on cam-us were inspired and together we drove the African cul-

ure throughout campus.

In my roles as active member and supporter of the

Haitian American Students Association at Brooklyn

College, we strived to display the similarities be-

tween the West Indian, Caribbean, and African cul-

tures. The African and Haitian cultural student clubs

continue to be family. In my role as pioneer and coor-

dinator of CUNY-ASA, we have fostered unity and

created a support system amongst college students

of African descents from various college campuses

via social-educational and charitable engagements.

How can the youths of Africa and African Diaspora be-

come more involved and passionate about their culture?

First, there has to be willingness and interest on thepart of the youths of Africa and African Diaspora with

regards to becoming more involved and passionate

with their culture. I recommend researching about

and attending local community cultural events, be-

coming an active member of African Youth Move-

ments, attending local college African Student Asso-

ciation meetings and events, attending African pic-

nics and similar events, and involvement in events

whose aim include African cultural awareness as wellas unification of people of the African descent. The

youth of Africa in Diaspora can become passionate

about the African culture if his/her willingness and

interests are encouraged and nurtured by other exist-

ing African Youth leaders.

How do you envision Africa to be in ten to twenty years?

I envision that most African youths will work to-

gether to ensure a technologically-advanced conti-

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The race to stabilize electricity would be achieved

in most parts of Africa. Africans will become self-

sufficient of its natural resources and engage in

more revenue generating exports. The African

currencies will be matched 1-to-1 unit with the top

currencies of its day. The African entertainment

affairs will cross-over into mainstream entertain-

ment. African fabrics will be sorted-after more

than the continent has ever experienced. Most

African youths will relocate back to Africa with

aims of creating businesses and employment op-

portunities for the Youth of Africa. Africa will no

longer be referred to as a third-world nation.

What improvements would you like to see occur in

your life time?

In my lifetime, I would like to see great improve-

ments in attaining a United States of Africa. I

would like to see a system of government that

succeeds in uniting all African countries into a sin-

gle umbrella nation, regardless of language barri-

ers and conflict of interest. It has to be a peaceful

transition. Leaders have to be elected by charac-

ter.

What makes you so passionate about your culture?

Its almost impossible for an African immigrant

not to appreciate and be passionate about the Af-rican culture. It comes natural. I embrace the Afri-

can culture because its the best culture I have

known thats reflected in my aura.

What country are you representing? What are you

most proud of about your country ?

I represent Nigeria, a country in the Western part

of Africa. I love the cultural diversity that exists

within. I am excited that Nigeria is recognized as acountry that takes on leadership roles in affairs

that affects Africa. I am mostly proud of the Nige-

rian youths educational and professional achieve-

ments around the world.

Are you currently involved in an organization that fo-

cuses on the empowerment and improvement of life

for our youths?

I am actively involved and render support within

my capability to a host of organizations whose

aim involves empowerment, improvement of life,

and unification of the African youths in Diaspora.

What is the name of this organization and what is the

goal of this organization?

Several organizations come to mind. I am actively

involved in the affairs ofCUNY-ASA, an organiza-tion comprised of youths of African descent.


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CUNY-ASA continues in its goal of creating a net-

working platform for African Student Associations

and its members. The platform has been success-

ful in empowering youths, preparing members for

young African leadership roles, as well as unifica-tion of African youths. I am a strong advocate as

well as supporter of the Edo Youth Movement, an

organization that focuses on empowering the Edo

youths (of Nigeria), in Diaspora, with resources

necessary to thrive amongst other cultures while

show-casing the rich culture of the Edo people. In

this process, great attempts are made towards

unification of the Edo youths. Other organizations

such as B-Side Boyz and Edo Boyz aim to create anetworking platform and improvement of life for

the younger adult males of Edo origin.

Are you an entrepreneur?

I am involved in organizing, operating, and engag-

ing in risk-taking business ventures with an ulti-

mate goal of bringing the African youths together

in social gatherings. I have been for several years. I

have no idea how I got into entrepreneurship!

However, legacies are being led; and the profits

involved exceed risks taken, each time.

What is the name of your company? Was your com-

pany influenced by African culture?

Flashy Entertainment! Flashy Entertainment is an

event consultant company, operating out of New

York City. The African culture includes entertain-ment. It also includes collectively dancing to Afri-

can music. Flashy Entertainment is deeply rooted

in the African culture. It is entrusted with the re-

sponsibility of uniting the African youth by orga-

nizing events that create platforms for network-

ing.

What are your wishes for WANA Magazine?

I wish WANA magazine many successful years in

your endeavors to present culture through media.


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Il ya quelques semaines, j'ai voyag au Cameroun pour lapremire fois en 12 ans que j'ai quitt pour les tats-Unis .Parmi les nombreuses choses que je voulais fairetait la ncessit de se replonger dans le cinma afro-centrique. La premire chose que j'ai faite l'arrive,tait de demander mes cousins s'il y avait des films ca-

merounais qui sont sorti rcemment que je pouvais re-garder. Avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme, j'ai demand,tout le monde m'a dit de regarder "Le blanc D'eyenga",que jaimerai. J'ai effectivement regard le film mais je

n'tais pas du tout aussi excit ce sujet que tout lemonde avait t. Pour moi, Le blanc d'Eyenga" a eu unimmense potentiel qu'il n'a pas russi essayer, passantd'un commentaire social important sur un grand probl-me au Cameroun, pour devenir une occasion manquepour enseigner au public une leon prcieuse.

Voici un petit retour en arrire sur le film. Le blanc

d'Eyenga pourrait tre appel la refonte du film "Paris Tout Prix", un film camerounais ralis sept annes plustt touchante sur le mme sujet des jeunes Camerou-nais qui font tout ce qu'ils peuvent pour un billet horsdu Cameroun vers l'Europe, o ils esprer trouver pros-prit. La diffrence est que "Le blanc d'Eyenga" nousprsente la nouvelle mthode utilise pour sortir dupays. Aujourd'hui, les jeunes Camerounais investissent

du temps dans les cybercafs, dans l'espoir de sduire unhomme blanc dont les promesses du mariage est leurbillet de sortie. Le film fait un excellent travail dpein-dre les ralits du phnomne, en nous montrant jus-qu'o une femme est prte aller afin d'obtenir del'homme, ainsi que les dceptions qui pourraient rsul-ter de cyber amant. Eyenga qui est l'hrone du film, estmontr en prenant des photos de nu en dsespoir decause parce que tout ce qu'elle a essay jusqu'ici n'a pas

fonctionn.

Elle n'a finalement atterrir un homme blanc qui, aprsquelques semaines de flirt internet, dcide de venir auCameroun afin qu'ils puissent s'pouser et revenir Pa-ris. Ds son arrive, elle est due quand l'aroport,elle se rend compte qu'il est handicap, ce qu'il n'a ja-mais mentionn sur Internet. Toujours Eyenga est prtea le garder parce que la rcompense ultime est d'arriver Paris qu'importe qu'il aurait omis ce petit dtail?

Aprs quelques jours, l'homme dEyenga (Jean-Franois)

SOCIALISSUE LEBLANCDEYENGA ,parDanyIsab


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admet enfin que, en fait, il n'est pas bon du tout. Iltait ingnieur en France, mais il a perdu son em-ploi et napas d'argent du tout et qu'il esprait

qu'il ne pouvait pas rester au Cameroun avecEyenga et de construire une vie ensemble. Fu-rieux, Eyenga le frappe quand elle se rend compteque son rve de l'Europe vient de glisser hors desa main en quelques secondes. La tante de Eyengale prend dans et prend soin de lui, souvent en leprenant sur le march avec elle o elle vend dupoisson grill. Ils finissent par tomber en amouravec l'autre, ce qui nous amne au dnouementdu film. Il s'avre que Jean-Franois tait en fait unhomme riche blanc qui est tomb en amour avecEyenga. Cependant, aprs avoir entendu parler duphnomne des femmes camerounaises qui sdui-sent les hommes blancs que pour obtenir la natio-nalit franaise, il voulait tre sr qu'elle l'aimaitvraiment en mentant au sujet d'tre au chmage

et de la dette. Maintenant que la tante dEyengaest celle qui se souciait de lui, malgr tout cela,c'est elle qui a peut se rendre Paris. Le film setermine avec Jean Franois et sa nouvelle femme,tout habill en partance sur Paris. Eyenga est l pleurer et supplier de la reprendre. Il en va deson homme blanc, il y va de son rve, et il en vade sa chance de vivre une belle vie Paris.

Bien qu' premire vue la ralisation du film a tbien fait, nous devons parler de la leon qu'il nousenseigne. Ce que j'ai appris du film est que si vous

tes une bonne femme africaine, vous serez r-compens par un chevalier blanc en armure quiviendra vous prendre l'Europe o vous pourrezvivre heureux pour toujours briller. Ce qui estproblmatique sur cette moral est qu'il crase

l'objectif de tout le film. Pourquoi parler du pro-blme social des femmes qui font tout ce qu'ellespeuvent pour aller en Europe, si la fin vous per-ptrer l'illusion d'un messie blanc? N'tait-ce pasla racine du problme en premier lieu? Ce film aeu la chance d'exposer un point de vue plus afri-cain typique dans laquelle nous nous rendonscompte que l'homme blanc n'tait pas la solutionmagique, que l'Europe n'est pas le paradis Eyenga

avait rv. Il aurait t plus raliste, il s'est avrtre vrai que Jean-Franois a t battu et a vouluvenir sjourner au Cameroun pour reconstruiresa vie. Ce n'est pas du tout une ide farfeluecompte tenu de la rcente flambe des fuyantseuropens de la rcession en se dplaant vers

l'Afrique ou l'Amrique du Sud. Combien plusintressant serait le film aurait t si ils ont russi dpeindre cette dichotomie camerounaise es-sayant dsesprment d'atteindre le rve euro-pen, alors que les Europens o quitter leurpays pour trouver des dbouchs dans les paysmergents?

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Certes, on pourrait se dire que le film n'est pas si grave, ce n'est pas une grosse affaire. Ce-pendant, je pense que c'est effectivement un gros problme. Nous sous-estimons la puissancedu cinma. Vous rappelez-vous la monte des enfants a appel Brandon et Brenda suite lapopularit de Beverly Hills? Vous souvenez-vous de la popularit des vtements avec Mari-mar sur elle suite la popularit des missions de tlvision espagnoles? Et combien de per-sonnes connaissez-vous qui rvait d'Amrique en raison de ce qu'ils avaient vu la tl? Sinous prenons le cinma au srieux comme il doit tre pris, nous ralisons quel point il taitimportant pour "Le Blanc D'Eyenga" d'avoir un meilleur message son auditoire que de glori-

fier les blancs comme nos sauveurs. Dans notre qute pour lever notre pays, pour levernotre continent, nous devons tre hyper conscients de tout ce que nous faisons dans notrereprsentation de l'Afrique. Nous devons tre fiers de qui nous sommes, suffisant pour reje-ter l'ide selon laquelle un messie blanc enlverait nos problmes, il suffit de croire en notrecapacit faonner notre propre avenir. Si ce message afrocentrisme l'amour de soi ne vientpas de moi diaspora, prendre en exemple, Bousso Dram une femme qui vit au Sngal, ellea eu l'occasion de voyager en France aprs avoir remport un concours, mais a rejet le visa cause de sa fiert d'son hritage africain, sa noirceur, son amour pour les gens qui ont sou-vent t traits comme des moins que rien. Essayons de garder nos Valeurs, notre Orgueil

et produisons des produits qui reprsenteront Notre Afrique, y compris le cinma africain.


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Styles musicaux africains: Les jeunes

ont pris la relve !

Quand tu coutes le Makossa, le soukouss, le mapouka, le ndombolo et que tu es empli de nostalgie, sache

que cest normal! Maintenant tu bouges sans retenue sous l Azonto, le Kpankaka, le loko loko ou encore

la Naja music, eh bien cest parce que tu fais partie de la nouvelle gnration de mlomanes friands de nou-

veaut et doriginalit! Par Kate Mouliom

Ces cinq dernires annes, on a t tmoin de lvolution des styles

musicaux africains qui ne cessent de nous entrainer dans une frn-sie hors-norme. En 2012, on dcouvre timidement ce style frais ve-nu tout droit du Ghana, connu sous le nom deAzonto, inspir desdanses traditionnelles du pays. Pass non-stop dans les botes cana-diennes, allemandes en passant par Londres, les jeunes adhrent !Les artistes tels que Sarkodie, E.L, Fuse, Gasmilla ou encore lasulfureuse Tiffany sont dj considrs comme les symboles de cenouveau style.

Par contre, un style qui nous est familier, cest bien la Naja Musicqui ne cesse de progresser lchelle internationale. P Square,Wizkid,DBanjsont ces artistes phares qui ont dj inscrites surleur CV de nombreuses collaborations avec de grosses pointuresdu Hip Hop US. Ils semblent ne pas avoir peur des limites quant ilsagit de nous surprendre et de nous faire bouger.

Enfin, comment ne pourrait-on pas parler de la musique du pays deDouk Saga et de son poulain Serge Beynaud ? Avec son tube Loko Loko , ce jeune artiste ivorien nous prouve une fois de plusque depuis le succs du Coup Dcal , la Cte dIvoire a bien unstyle musical qui volue au fil du temps et ce style reste incontesta-blement celui de lambiance et lanimation. On ne sen lasse pas. Ces

jeunes qui ont pris la relve, veulent nous faire comprendre, com-me diraient nos cousins les ricains, que: Sky Is My Limit


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Origins:Today the Mohawk hairstyle is loosely associated

with people who listen to punk music. However, the history

of this hairstyle delves far back into history, transcending dif-

ferent cultures and times. The name of this style originates

from the Mohawk tribe of the Iroquois nation, who were the

indigenous people of the northeastern part of North Amer-

ica. This tribes men were known to pull the hair out of the

head until only a small square was left at the back crown ofthe head.

Progress: American jazz culture began to embrace the

style during the 1950s as a visual statement against confor-

mity. However, until punk music gain popularity in the late

1970s only a very small portion of the American population

was even aware of the Mohawk. By the 1980s, it was not

uncommon for celebrities outside of the punk genre to sport

the style bringing it to the attention of the entire population.

MohawkHairstyle isin !By Kwin Valencia

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Women: Most of the hairstyles for black women are

created to mean something and they do send a powerful

message to the world. One of the most popular hair-

styles for African American ladies is mohawk hairstyles

for black women. There are many different styles and

techniques in which you can get a Mohawk hairstyle. But

what do these types of hairstyles for black women

mean? For starters, we could say that a Mohawk looks

very powerful and it is usually worn by women who have

strong personality, who are confident, decisive, inde-

pendent These hairstyles are designed for women

who are true fighters. Who would say that mohawk

hairstyles for black women can mean that much?

Women likeRihanna, Cassie, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott

and more adopted the style and made it popular to

young women in the society.

Show Business: I am sure most of you have noticed

how much celebrities love to rock the mohawk hairstyle

in their movies, videos and even some cartoon charac-

ters like Gael from Street fighters, Barth Simpson and

Titeuf to only name a few.


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History

Cisco Systems Inc. is an American-based corporation that

creates and sells mainly networking and communicationtechnologies. Its main headquarters is in San Jose, Califor-nia. It employs more than 65,000 people worldwide and itearns over $40 billion a year. It is listed on the Dow Jones,S&P 500, NASDAQ and other capital market indexes.

Cisco as a company was started in 1984 by Len Bosack andSandy Lerner. They were a married couple who were for-mer computer operations staff at Stanford University. Theywere later joined by Richard Troiano. Sandy Lerner moved

on to direct computer services at Schlumberger but re-turned full time to Cisco in 1987. Cisco's first product wasan adapted multiple-protocol router, originally designed in1981 by an American engineer named William Yeager. Thecompany's first CEO was Bill Graves (19871988), fol-lowed by John Morgridge (19881995) and finally suc-ceeded by John Chambers in 1995 who is still the currentCEO.

Ciscos predecessors

While Cisco was one of the first to successfully sell com-

mercial routers, they were not the first tomake them. As mentioned earlier, WilliamYeager wrote the software for multipleprotocol routers in 1981. In the sameyear, a company called Bridge Communi-cations Inc. was started by Judy Estrin(current CEO of JLabs LLC) and Bill Car-

rico (former President/CEO of 3COM,now with Packet Design LLC) and wasbased in Mountain View, California. Theymade computer network bridges, routers,servers, etc. and they were experts invarious kinds of networks. Bridge Com-munications was eventually purchased by3COM on September 30, 1987.

Cisco had beaten all their forerunners in the computer net-

working field by making numerous acquisitions over theyears. Every company they bought made an additional con-tribution to their suite of products and services. One of thefirst companies acquired was StrataCom in 1996. Strata-Com Inc. was a company from Cupertino, California andthey were one of the first developers of the ATM(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) networking technology, aconnection-oriented methodology which provided band-width for high speed services across fiber-optic cables. In1999, Cisco acquired the Cerent Corporation, a company

from Petaluma, California that specialized in making fiberoptical switches and other optical equipment. In 2006,Cisco acquired Scientific Atlanta, a Georgia, USA basedcompany which made equipment for cable television,broadband and telecommunications. Their creations madepossible the existence of high-speed services such as Videoon Demand, Voice over IP and high speed internet. Last butnot least, Cisco purchased Linksys in 2003. Linksys manu-factured an array of networking products such as; broad-band and wireless routers, Ethernet switches, VoIP equip-

ment, network storage devices, etc.

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HIGH-TECH

The acquisition of all these companies helped Cisco to de-velop multi-billion dollar business units that operate in therealms of Enterprise VoIP, Home Networking, Optical Net-working, LAN Switching, etc.

How does Cisco make money?

Cisco earns their revenue from the array of networkingproducts and software that they create and sell. Among theproducts they sell are; routers, switches, network adaptercards, wireless access points, software for network manage-ment and security, network access storage devices, bladeservers, rack mount servers, etc. Cisco also provides arange of networking solutions for home owners, small busi-nesses and organizations, government institutions, health-care providers, manufacturers, etc.

Furthermore, Cisco offers IT Professional certifications totrain people to become experts of Cisco products. The cer-tification exams are administered by Pearson VUE, an elec-tronic testing company that conducts academic and profes-sional exams such as GMAT, NCLEX, CompTIA, etc.

Cisco was once solely a manufacturer of router products,but now they make so many other things. They make soft-ware-based products such as the CISCO IOS (InternetworkOperating System), a package used to manage routing,

switching and internetworking functions on a Cisco basednetwork. They also made CiscoWorks, a web based suite oftools written with Java programming and used for LANmanagement. Recently, one of Ciscos subsidiaries, Pure

Digital Technologies, made the Flip Video, a camcorder

that records digital video in high definition. Videos are re-corded at 1280x720 resolution and compressed with H.264and AAC audio/video codecs. With this product, Ciscohoped to enter the digital video market in a bid to furtherexpand its operations. Another interesting product from

Cisco is the Telepresence, an advanced video conferenc-ing technology which provides high definition video with 3D

audio and sets up two separate rooms to look as if they areone conference room or boardroom.

The Future of Cisco

Cisco has quite a few new innovations on the horizon forthe next few years. First of all they have begun experiment-

ing in the realm of advanced computing, especially in regardsto Artificial Intelligence. One of Ciscos new advancements

that are being developed is an internet-based AI known asthe Virtual Assistant. This AI can perform functions such

as opening and closing doors and turning on lights, all initi-ated by voice commands. Also, based on voice queries, theAI can even access the internet or any other network toaccess databases and other repositories in order to retrieveand display information. For example, a doctor in a hospitalcould ask Virtual Assistant to pull up the lab results for a

particular patient over the last two weeks.

One more innovation that is also being developed by Ciscois a touchscreen table which is based on Microsoft Surfacetechnology. Objects or containers that have a chip tag onthe bottom surface can be placed on the table and based onthe information of the tag, the table can tell what the con-tents of the container are and provide other information.For example, a man can go to a pharmacy and place a bottleof pills on the counter (which is a touch-screen) and it will

tell him if he is due for a refill or not. If you put 2 bottles onthe counter which have different medication, the touch-screen will warn you that there is a drug interaction andyou should consult your pharmacist or doctor. Also youcant buy any drugs unless you place your ID card (drivers

license) on the table so that the pharmacy touch-screencomputer can confirm your identification.

The future is looking bright for Cisco Systems and as theyears go by there will be even more innovations and ad-

vancements that will carry people to even higher levels ofnetworking and computer technology.

By Patrick Ofonagoro

f a Networking Giant


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DECOUVERTE

Phnomne Chicha en AfriquePar Hannan

La chicha encore appele Narguil et baptise diffremment selon les rgions est unesorte de grande pipe eau d'origine persane utilise principalement dans le monde arabe et en

Iran pour fumer le tabac. Cest une pipe orientale long tuyau, quipe d'un petit rservoir d'eau

parfume travers par la fume lors de l'aspiration. La chicha permet donc de fumer une prpara-tion base de tabac nature ou aromatise aux fruits.

Origine Les traces les plus anciennes de narguil ont t trouves au sud ou l'est de l'Afrique.

L'mergence plus grande chelle de son utilisation dans la socit semble tre simultane

l'apparition des cafs publics et l'arrive du tabac au Moyen-Orient.

A son apparition, la Chicha ntait utilise que dans le monde arabe ; au moyen orient etc.

Mais depuis peu,on constate que le nombre de fumeurs augmente,en mme temps que le nom-

bre de caf ou de salons chicha comme cela a t dit plus haut . Nous avons donc plusieurs

modles de chicha savoir: le modle indien;le modle gyptien (qui est beaucoup plus r-

pandu);le narguil rotatif;le nouveau genre et les multi-tuyaux. Cependant il existe des chicha

sans charbon.

Avantages : Incroyable mais vrai : Cette nouvelle forme de fumer n'a pas tellement d'avan-

tages,si ce n'est qu'elle permet juste de se rassembler dans un caf de la place et discuter. Passer

un bon moment entre amis au tour d'une chicha bien parfume est devenu un hobby,le passe

temps favoris des adolescents. C'est presque devenu une mode. Aussi,avec une chicha,nous

avons une dure d'inhalation plus longue et une rduction du gout du charbon. Sur certaines,on

peut trouver des filtres anti nicotine. La fume de chicha ne contient pas plus de substances

toxiques que la fume du tabac,mais le volume de fume y est beaucoup plus important.


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Inconvnients : Le tabac chicha constitue un rel dan-

ger pour la sant. Beaucoup de jeunes pensent que la

fume du narguil n'est pas nocive.Pourtant, les tests sci-

entifiques prouvent sans aucun contrast que l'eau con-

tenue dans le vase ne filtre pas les substances nocives de

la fume du tabac. En comparaison,un fumeur de narguilfume pendant 20 80 minutes et inhale entre 50 et 200

bouffes de 0,15 1 litre chacun. Une sance de narguil

expose donc un volume moyen de fume correspondant

100 cigarettes ou plus.Ceci dit, une bouffe de narguil

serait gale 1 paquet de cigarettes.Cette fume p-

ntrant les poumons ont alors des effet cancrignes et

pourraient tuer prs d'un consommateur sur deux avant

l'ge de 60 ans. S'agissant des tuyaux,ils doivent tre

changs rgulirement,pour ainsi viter les risques de

maladies tel que : l'herps,l'hpatite,la tuberculose. C'est

la raison pour laquelle de nos jours on a des pipettes qui

sont servis avec la chicha.

La chicha ou narguil ou encore la pipe eau sduit de plus en plus de jeunes dans le monde,

surtout en Afrique. Mal inform des risques de cette pratique,ils y trouvent un agrable plaisir

du fait de la fume parfume.Certains dclarent mme que le narguil permet de dcouvrir

de nouvelles sensations;de nouveaux gouts,en laissant place un rel moment de dtente

conviviale.


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SHORT STORYTogether alone

By Jane M.O.

So we got married. Or I got married. Its all done. A new beginning, a new

life, like we all dream of. The chance to do it all better, to prove to yourself

that you can do it.

A new challenge, in sum.

This is me, this is my story. Its not going to be a we story as it has to be in

a marriage. This time, it is a me story.

In the beginning, it seems that nothing has changed. I am the same person I

was before the W-day: a calm, lovely girl that is attracted to people, to

laughter and a very determinate as my friends would say.

The only detail that would change my life after all, is that little ring that has

to be attached to the fourth finger of my left hand forever, no matter what.

That little ring, I have to say has a great power, little, almost invisible some-

times, but yes, very very loud and significative. But that, we have to see la-

ter.

For now on, I have to get used to a new status, a new name and everything

else that the ring brings in with. It is not easy at all. I must tell you, I havent

been the lovely lady in the mirror who was looking at herself and repeating

to self Mrs X or Mrs Y. No, I havent done that. Perhaps I should have, or

not. I dont know.

I remember the first time I heard someone calling me with my new name.

-Mrs Lusseny Joyce, will you please sign here?


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I almost didnt recognize she was talking tome first, and then second mistake, with the

pen in my hand, I signed with my maiden

name. That was an awkward moment!! But

I have to be honest and let you know how I

felt at that moment. It seemed to me I was

betraying my family, giving up on their na-

me and taking a new one as easy as it

sounds. God knows how long I have been

thinking on taking up the new name or not,keeping mine and add his, or just keep mi-

ne. Wow!! Hell yea, it was a lot to think

about and finally I decided to keep both,

just to remember that I do have my family

too.

My decision did not please to the Sir I l

married of course. He thought that it was a

kind of a rejection. He did not understand,and I did not want him too anyways. On

that point, I was being very selfish, but that

I could not do otherwise. Someone used to

say that you have to be selfish witz you

from time to time; it was the moment for

me. I have always been there for people,

sacrificing my own happiness to please the

other. Seeing people happy because of me

was at some point a great reward for me.And then you realize that people do not

really care about your happiness in the

other way round. So you have to make

them happy, and make yourself happy too.

It is complicated and that is the simple na-

ture I was made of.

You see, a great contradiction was coming

out. Marriage is about looking in the samedirection, as they say, being one and every-

thing else, but for me it was different. So-

mething was definitely wrong if I was

seeing marriage as the beginning of an af-

firmation of my alone identity. Together

alone, as I resume it. Nothing comes as ea-

sy I know, and I have to work it out. As

much I like being unique in the way I think, I

also feel the urge to belong to a group, tothe society without they enquiring about

me.

There were loads of choices you have to

make when being married; Thinking for

two, or even for three or four is not so evi-

dent. Abstraction is a possibility, and a pos-

sibility is still a dream until you turn it into

reality. Reality on the other hand, is myfield. I am not a dreamer; I see things,

touch things, feel things and make things. I

dont do dreaming, I am not a hoper mind.

Yes, marriage is about choices, remember

that every time and every day when you

wake up. Are you ready to choose the right

thing for them first; are you ready to giving

up on your freedom and your real choices?

Nobody tells you that before, and you justlearn it the hard way.

As I finish writing that first piece, the song

learning the hard of way of the second

album of Brandy is thundering in my mind,

and I have to hum it cause the song is ap-

pealing. For now on, I have to go..


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WANAMAG TEAM

Founder and Director of publication

Ahmed Sallaheddine

Co-Founder and Editor in chief

Cedrick Yonta

Artistic Director

Harold Gnowa

Artistic Designer

Kate Mouliom

Writers

Lionel Soppo - Politics

Cecile Essono - Interviwer

Abel Belema - Interviewer

Hannan - Dcouverte

Alice Malle Kamgang N. - Gusto

Dany Isabelle MASADO - Social Issue

Kate Mouliom - Cinema & Musique

Kwin Valencia - Fashion

Patrick Ofonagoro - High-Tech

Jane M.O. - Short story


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