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By Silas Nyanchwani We all know of the American dream. That highly abstract and indefinable concept that promises anyone can make it in America if they hang in there long enough and pay their dues. What many people don’t know or...

By Silas Nyanchwani Gwada Ogot wants to be elected president of Kenya. He also wants more. A few years ago, former Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul made news headlines,  calling for the repeal of laws against prostitution, cocaine and heroin. The...

By Silas Nyanchwani A Ugandan friend currently studying in an exclusively White college in the North East of the United States wrote me a long Facebook message complaining of the loneliness and isolation at the University. The letter had a painfully...

By Silas Nyanchwani Africans living in the United States can be a tad boring and exasperating when talking to their relations back in Africa. There is a patronizing, pessimistic tone they have about the continent that can be vexing and...