Dear Dad
Not for the first - nor will it be da last - time, one top white American scientist to one top British newspaper that BLACKS are less intelligent than WHITES. Alarmed? You should be. Rightly. He has apologised, and is suspended at work. Rightly.
Fazed? We can't be. Deceived? We are not. The world knows better.
Dr James Watson is a 1962 Nobel Laureate and DNA pioneer. He has been contradicted by Dr Craig Venter who led the private efforts to decode the human genome....40 years after. And the disowning and criticisms have been pouring in. Rightly.
This man is 79 years old. We must really ponder what he has done with such views or beliefs, especially with his high status and professional standing, access and outreach all these years!
Let's shudder.
Why I write to you on this matter is that we, in Africa, have ourselves and our so-called leaders to blame for such gratuitous insults. Sure it hurts, but it is a slur we may carry for a while. Yes. Until...we wake up to the fullness of our POTENTIAL.
After all, they said so about the Indians and the Chinese before...didn't they?
In less than 30 years, they are eating their words!
We won't need that long. No.
Love
Dayo
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
The Future of Healthcare and Wellness
Dear Mom
This memo is just my quiet thoughts on the ways of nature and our return to nature, inexorably.
There is growing awareness and acceptance of herbal medicine and nature cure around the globe. Heartwarming.
My joy is in the huge potential that this reality holds for us in Africa as the most unpolluted and largely free territories for growing most of the ingredients for this awesome renaissance! It is a big multi-billion dollars business. It is more or less food-based, being that most of the science and supplements are nutrition-centred. The emerging literature and delivery mechanisms are simply breath-taking. Thankfully, Nigerian practitioners are also cued in.
If all goes well, the world will soon be fully fed on organic foods and drinks. Africa, again, has first class comparative advantages in this sphere. In time, we will be rightly playing our nature-given role in the wellness and wellbeing of our planet! I'm excited.
Mom, but are our leaders? Only heaven knows.
Can you kindly check up there?!
Love
Dayo
This memo is just my quiet thoughts on the ways of nature and our return to nature, inexorably.
There is growing awareness and acceptance of herbal medicine and nature cure around the globe. Heartwarming.
My joy is in the huge potential that this reality holds for us in Africa as the most unpolluted and largely free territories for growing most of the ingredients for this awesome renaissance! It is a big multi-billion dollars business. It is more or less food-based, being that most of the science and supplements are nutrition-centred. The emerging literature and delivery mechanisms are simply breath-taking. Thankfully, Nigerian practitioners are also cued in.
If all goes well, the world will soon be fully fed on organic foods and drinks. Africa, again, has first class comparative advantages in this sphere. In time, we will be rightly playing our nature-given role in the wellness and wellbeing of our planet! I'm excited.
Mom, but are our leaders? Only heaven knows.
Can you kindly check up there?!
Love
Dayo
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