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Dear Family Members, Friends and Visitors,
HELLO and Welcome to our Christmas 2004 Newsletter. We have been lazy in updating this family website and know that many of our visitors are anxious to see an update. This update is a complete re-design of our site.
Here are the highlights in this update:
Our Favourite links remain Blake Radio Station, NigeriaWeb, Poetry of
Charles Cingolani, Urban and Praise Worship and ZDNet. These sites have
been improved in content and usefulness by their authors. For instance, Charles
has added more poems to his site and told me he has published a paperback
version of the
online
poems. Neil Blake
now
has more delightful music to show off. Well
done folks!
In Our Interests section you'll find Grandpa's article on "IMPROVE YOUR EMAIL
NETIQUETTES THIS YEAR." It is a "must read" for email users, both old and
young.
In our Africa Revival Forum you'll find two articles of great interest. One
written by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Koffi Annan,
reiterated the need for developed countries to put an end to the subsidies and
tariffs regime, which incapacitates African countries from competing fairly in
international markets. The article is titled "Subsidies Can't Help
Africa."
The second
article was culled from Nature, and titled "Fertilized to death."
It
called attention to the havoc fertilisers are doing to farm lands and forests
around the world. Yet, African soils require fertilisers for increased
production. Both articles are of great relevance to African agricultural
development.
Our Photo Gallery has grown with the addition of some more captivating
pictures. You just need to see them.
In our Under-18 Forum we have contributions from Moyin and
Modupe Oloruntoba in far away Maseru, Lesotho. Moyin wrote about a
convention she attended in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein
(the
city of flowers) is the capital of the Orange Free State in South Africa.
Modupe Oloruntoba's
contribution is a beautiful poem titled "My Shadow."
In the Jokes section, Sola Ajagbe tells you "How to tell an African."
He says, "It comes, as something of a surprise to many Africans to discover
that all Africans look the same to non-Africans. How do you tell a Nigerian from
a Kenyan or a Ghanaian from a Cameroonian? And I am not talking about passports
or clothing. The easiest way, of course, is the name."
We've improved our contact page and included two search engines. Without
leaving our site, you can use Ask Jeeves or Google to search for
information on the Internet.
We've also improved our
Site Archive. But we've not yet got our Guest Book page running with the
usual Yahoo Guestbook! Meanwhile you
can submit your comments by email.
We do reply to
comments so please include a return address!
And finally, we should not forget to mention Bunmi's 10th edition of his
famous
"Letters from
USA."
In this edition he reported the completion of his MFA after successfully
presenting and defending his thesis.
Without much ado he
has embarked
on a PhD program in Communications Studies.
Best of luck to you Bunmi!!
CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR ARE AROUND THE CORNER AND SO WE SAY TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND VISITORS:
Goodbye for now. See you again soon. Remember to visit us as soon as possible at www.geocities.com/sanyaolu.geo/index.htm
Sanya Oloruntoba, Family Webmaster.
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