Very fascinating!!

Quoted: Palenquero was strongly influenced by the Kikongo language of Congo and Angola, and by Portuguese, the language of traders who brought African slaves to Cartagena in the 17th century. Kikongo-derived words like ngombe (cattle) and ngubá (peanut) remain in use here today.

Advocates for keeping Palenquero alive face an uphill struggle. The isolation that once shielded the language from the outside world has come to an end. Once three days by mule to the coast, the journey to Cartagena now takes two hours by bus on a bumpy dirt road.

each one help on to unveil the blind fold

Quoted: Protests take place in 30 countries to bring attention to the growing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.

Mahlet redot

it is about time!!

Quoted: Under the system, the United States government buys the goods from American agribusinesses, ships them overseas, mostly on American-flagged carriers, and then donates them to the aid groups as an indirect form of financing. The groups sell the products on the market in poor countries and use the money to finance their antipoverty programs. It amounts to about $180 million a year

Nice I wish I could be there to see Pele and Samuel Eto'o dance on the field. Oleee Olee Olee Olee; Oleee Olee Olee Olee!!!

Quoted: During the dark years of our incarceration, the association drew together all the prisoners on the island around the beautiful game of soccer," Mr Mandela said on Tuesday.
"In this way it helped uphold the values of tolerance, of inclusiveness and reconciliation, and of non-racialism and peace that are still dear to all of us today."