Obaasema Magazine http://www.obaasema.com Empowerment magazine for African women Tue, Jan 05 2010 16:55:00 EST en-us Forty-Four Has the Hardest Ride http://www.obaasema.com/barack_obama_presidency.html Tue, Jan 05 2010 20:55:00 EST Perspective is reality. Although one would like to picture George Bush’s Presidency as the epitome of government gone wrong, I would contend that quite the opposite is true. Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.obaasema.com/cameroon.html Tue, Jan 05 2010 16:55:00 EST It would be an understatement to say that the journey had been long – approximately 6,000 miles in a plane to Yaoundé, Cameroon, followed by a 26-hour train ride (one of the train’s cars caught on fire that night) through the rain forest to the capital of the Adamaoua region, Ngaoundéré. Keeping Your Cool During the Summer Season http://www.obaasema.com/heat_stroke.html Tue, Jan 05 2010 14:55:00 EST I still remember the cold, bleak day when I first arrived in the U.S. Not having properly done my homework, I had no idea that my trip to ‘paradise’ was actually scheduled to occur during the winter season. Capetown 2010 Could Tilt Scales for Africa's Poor http://www.obaasema.com/worldcup_capetown_2010.html Tue, Jan 05 2010 12:55:00 EST Nearly a decade after the dawn of the 21st century, Africa is faced by a confluence of challenging theological and missiological issues: