YouSayToo: posts tagged africa

King of Swaziland

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:39:20 GMT

Swaziland is a small country in south Africa. People in Swaziland have a very low life expectancy - 34 years and 34% of the population is infected with AIDS. Here is King Mswati III speaking on the 62 [more]

Scary photos from Africa

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:57:01 GMT

If you think that things are bad in your country i suggest you take a look at these photos. Does you're life seem so bad now? At least you have food to eat and clean water to drink, these people are [more]

Gregory, the Egg Man

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:20:30 GMT

Meet Gregoire Da silva; Cape Town’s most recognisable foreigner. The man from the tiny West African state of Benin has been turning heads in the city. He is adding an African flair to the mother [more]

Exclussive Photos or a leopard attacking a crocodile

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:34:04 GMT

This is the first documented case of a leopard attacking a crocodile. Wildlife photographer Hal Brindley made the shots while taking photos of hippos in Kruger National Park. The leopard managed to grab [more]

Photos from Africa

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:46:04 GMT

Some photos from Africa. Some are really poor. [more]

Hippo on the beach

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:38:41 GMT

Usually hippos are found in rivers but this one decided to make his way to the sunny beach.This hippo was spotted near the holiday town of Ballito, near Durban in South Africa. Lionel van Schoor from KZN [more]

Geography Challenge

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:44:08 GMT

I've guessed all the African countries my score was -965 (negative)

Ganvie, Benin - The Venice Of Africa

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:47:54 GMT

Ganvie (meaning: 'the collectivity of those who found peace at last' ) is a lake village in Benin, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. The village has a population of around 20-30,000, contains [more]

The Price of Rice

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:08:47 GMT

Today is St. Joseph's Day a special semi-holiday for Sicilians and it celebrates divine intervention of one of Sicily's famous droughts. Famine was not an unknown word for my ancestors and so we [more]

Kolmanskop

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:27:03 GMT

Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometers inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908 Lüderitz plunged into diamond fever and people rushed to the desert hoping to make a [more] [images]

Tribal Decorations from Africa

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:15:10 GMT

It's an African fashion parade. Tribal people use exotic flowers, vegetation and animal horns create amazing costumes that would shame even the western fashion shows. via [more]

Dida: Elephan Orphan

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:54:00 GMT

Dida was found in a open manhole on the Mzimba Springs waterpipeline. Rescuers from The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the Burra anti-poaching team along with the Voi Units Elephant Keepers arrived [more]

Kenya Continues To Burn

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:05:14 GMT

Report in the Boston Globe this morning out of Ethiopia (a country that knows how [more]

African Wildlife Photography

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:02:33 GMT

High-quality black&white photos of African wildlife. Amazing photos of lions, elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, and more. Check them out everyone, I'm sure you'll like each and every one [images]

Ethnic Cleansing in Kenya?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:13:50 GMT

No, I have not forgot about Kenya. Ralia Odinga of Kenya's ODM opposition party now has to answer to the Government's charges of Ethnic Cleansing. The more I look into this the more muddy the waters [more]

Cheetah Cubs Learn How to Hunt

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:08:34 GMT

Photo by Andy Rouse taken in Masai Mara. A mother cheetah caught a baby Thomson's gazelle. This is an easy thing to do for the fastest animal on land. The baby gazelle is caught unharmed. Then the [more]

The most amazing dancer I have ever seen

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:11:33 GMT

This is beyond the imagination:

Kenyan Protesters Clash With Police

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:07:03 GMT

So far we are hearing of 300 dead, thousands displaced and things will probably get worse before getting better in Kenya. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), attempted to gather to protest only to be [more]

Election Crisis in Kenya Is Latest Sad Tale From Africa

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:24:16 GMT

No matter how you look at it: Africa is a mess and the rest of the world should be ashamed of how we just ignore it. From the Darfur crisis, to the Blood Diamond trade and now even supposed African success [more]

Pets in Africa

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:11:21 GMT

Here are the pets people have in Africa. via Widelec.org [images]