Africansuccess.org launched

I just wanted to give a plug to this new project: Africansuccess.org - it is a new web site that wants to get people to look at Africa in a different and positive way according to its creator Kadija Traoré Bush, who is of is Malian / Beninoise heritage. See www.africansuccess.org

Kadija Traoré Bush says: "We want to inspire the young, give hope and ambition to Africans and change the way the world sees Africa. Our aim is to create a website that will inspire a continent. If we can show the world where Africans are successful, we can change the way in which we are perceived. It is an interactive community website, which encourages the people who visit the website to add the names and biographies of people that they know and consider worthy of being included. The site is free access and it is free to add names, biographies and other historical information. We are still building the site, and we welcome contributions to add to our growing data base. We hope that people from all countries and all walks of life are going to put up the biographies of people they feel proud of, the role models for today's children and tomorrows leaders. Any African who has achieved something of merit has a place on the site. It is a community site, free to use, open to all. By promoting success we wish to encourage development, freedom of expression and democratic and human rights."

Good luck to them in correcting the media bias - too much of the news we get about Africa focuses on the negative like famine, war, HIV, corruption and dictatorship - the extraordinary success stories of people in Africa rarely make the news. Let us hope this site will changes things.