American is still NO 1 on everything in this Wolrd

The U.S. may have recently lost its title as most obese nation to our neighbours down south in Mexico, but America is still winning in a lot of other not-so-great categories. Our list of ways America is still #1 explores the true essence of what it means to be an American. with stupidity and dumbness for all.

Highest Incarceration Rate

The land of the free? Not unless you count free meatloaf in America’s jails. The U.S. boasts the highest incarceration rate of any country, with 730 people...

Dewji Blog

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Statesman

24 Dec

First American Christmas celebrated in big way by refugee family - Austin American

Austin American-Statesman
First American Christmas celebrated in big way by refugee family
Austin American-Statesman
Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the Statesman delivered to your inbox. Siriro Hakizimana, 32, and his family spent last Christmas like every other in recent memory — in a refugee camp in Tanzania. He and his wife, Clotilde ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Sep

Africa striving as wolrd leaders commit to new dev’t goals

As world leaders meet in New York to commit to new development goals, Africa is striving to untangle itself from the effects of war have stalled its economic development.

 

9 years ago

Vijimambo

THE NEW AMERICAN EXPO 2015

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

14 Nov

NORTH AMERICAN SWAHILI INSTITUTE

Mheshimiwa Balozi Liberata Mulamula;

Kwanza nakushukuruni wewe na bwana Suleman kwa kunipa fursa ya kukutana kuhusu utamaduni wetu kupitia njia ya lugha ya Kiswahili. Kama mzawa wa Tanzania ninatambua sana jinsi utamaduni wetu wa lugha ya Kiswahili ulivyochangia katika hali ya ufungamano na amani katika taifa letu. NIlikuja kueleza utashi wangu wa kuipatia Lugha ya Kiswahili hadhi ya kuwa na taasisi hapa Marekani. NIkataja nia yangu dhati ya kuwa tayari kushiriki kikamilifu katika mbinu...

 

9 years ago

Bongo5

24 Aug

American star Ne-Yo to perform in Kampala

The America R&B musician and award-winning superstar, Shaffer Chimere Smith better known as Ne-Yo, is set to perform in Kampala, Uganda at the Lugogo Cricket oval on October 30, 2015. The marketing director of Uganda Breweries Limited, Grace Nshemeire-Gwaku, revealed the news last Tuesday in Kampala. It was also revealed that there will be no […]

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Out of Africa and into American homes

The photographer who changed US perceptions of a continent

 

11 years ago

Dewji Blog

03 Aug

Former ‘American Idol’ finalist dies at 35

Michael Johns, the Australian blue-eyed soul crooner of American Idol Season 7, has died at age 35. Johns is the first Idol top 10 finalist to pass away in the show’s 13-season history.

While the singer’s family has not yet issued an official cause-of-death statement, sources have told The Hollywood Reporter it was a blood clot in his ankle. A close friend of the Idol, Torrey Gimbill, told E! News that Johns was complaining about pains in his legs the day before his death. “My mom took him...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

American affair with cotton frays

Cotton is no longer king of the US apparel industry as lower prices fail to revive consumer demand and once-mocked man-made fibres take a permanent place in American wardrobes.

 

9 years ago

BBC

Anglo American cuts workforce by 85,000

Shares in mining firm Anglo American drop by more than 8% after it unveils a huge restructuring programme which will shrink its workforce by more than 60%.

 

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