(First draft, to be redrafted) By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – When I was in college a favorite topic of discussion among us students was why the westerners were able to conquer and subdue the rest of the world. When we gathered someone would suddenly ask: how did they do it, I mean how come these people were able to conquer the rest of the world. Looking at them as individuals they certainly do not seem strong. The individual black man will probably beat up the individual white man at any time. We have heard so much about white’s forks alleged... Continue Reading
(First draft, to be redrafted) – By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – They say that the best way to understand a person is to interpret his dreams. His dreams are thrown up by his subconscious mind; he does not consciously direct them. In conscious statements about who he is, a person often distorts facts in order to present them in a favorable light but he has no conscious control over what his dreams throw up nightly. That was why Sigmund Freud and his fellow psychoanalysts paid particular attention to their patients’ dreams; they asked their patients to write down their dreams... Continue Reading
By Anthony Realm – As of 2009, an estimate of thirty-five million people in the world are infected with HIV and Aids. The largest concentration of this is in Africa, particularly Southern Africa, with almost twenty-three million people there infected with HIV. Organization that help prevent and treat HIV as well as Cancer, have made many efforts to lower the cost and increase access, so more people could get the treatment they need. Unfortunately, road blocks have still formed, often in the form of funding and support. In Africa, one of the biggest problems is the poor economic and healthcare... Continue Reading
By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – If you are an African and have lived in America for any length of time you probably have noticed the existence of racism in the land. You probably have wondered why white folks are in the main racist. When you deal with individual white folks you may not notice their racism; in fact, you may even conclude that they are nice people but when you deal with the larger white world, especially when you seek employment in the land you notice the workings of the peculiar institution. Since instinctively, if you are like me, you... Continue Reading
By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – Psychiatry and psychology are currently working very hard to transform themselves into science. As they see it, to become perceived as science they have to root their causal explanation of human behaviors in biology (chemistry and physics). If any aspect of thinking and behaving is seen as caused by the individual’s genes and or biochemical permutations in his brain they believe that their explanation is now scientific. The irony of it all is that as psychiatrists and psychologists make mighty efforts to root their explanations in matter those who actually study matter, physicists are increasingly... Continue Reading
