Tag Archives: Africa

Failure Is Not An Option: The Forgotten Travails Of The Central African Republic

Posted on January 2, 2013 by nathanalbright

As a child, I looked through the old atlases that my family had (for I have always been someone deeply interested in maps), and I saw that some of these old maps showed a little country that had the temerity … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Military History | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Old Ways

Posted on August 21, 2012 by nathanalbright

When people and nations are faced with difficulties and challenges, there is usually a default option that is chosen based on comfort and plenty of experience, whether that option is a good one or (more often) a bad one. We … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Musings | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

I Guess It Rains Down In Africa

Posted on August 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

It is often amusing to travel (even if it is a short trip to and from the farm) with people from other countries and other cultures, because one often finds out a lot of very unusual qualities about them. In … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music History, Musings | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines

Posted on July 2, 2012 by nathanalbright

King Solomon’s Mines, by H. Rider Haggard In a discussion with a certain fellow Legacy Teacher the two of us were discussing what books and short stories the Legacy Students here should be able to read. I suggested the short … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Biblical History, Book Reviews, History | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by nathanalbright

Earlier this year there was a viral video sent that attempted to raise a public storm against one of Africa’s more unpleasant political figures (and that’s saying something!), in a campaign entitled Kony 2012. Not coincidentally, the United States government … Continue reading →

Posted in History, International Relations | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: Diamonds Are Forever

Posted on March 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

Diamonds Are Forever, by Ian Fleming A fellow teacher of mine managed to acquire a few volumes of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, and so I have undertaken to read and review the four novels she has (which should not … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Mali’s Free Radical Problem

Posted on February 3, 2012 by nathanalbright

In a previous post on the subject of Libya’s lack of cohesion [1], I warned that the breakup of Libya would threaten neighboring nations with problems due to the “free radical” nature of the Tuareg problem in those nations. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in International Relations, Military History | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

I Don’t Like Mondays

Posted on January 16, 2012 by nathanalbright

School shootings (not all of them by students), have a long history in the United States [1]. On January 29, 1979, Brenda Ann Spencer, then sixteen years old, became the villain of a particularly brutal incident where the obviously troubled … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music History, Musings | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Book Review: Sabbath Roots: The African Connection

Posted on December 4, 2011 by nathanalbright

Sabbath Roots: The African Connection, by Charles E. Bradford A book like this is supremely frustrating to review. What makes it frustrating is its combination of both excellent and awful historiography, a combination of an eloquent defense of the Sabbath … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical History, Book Reviews, Christianity, Church of God | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

The Cogwa Cattle Rustlers Of Zambia

Posted on October 6, 2011 by nathanalbright

Some stories are just too unbelievable to believe at first glance. Of course, coming from people who have stooped so low as to try to steal Passover glasses and church hymnals, I suppose cattle rustling is just another day of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church of God | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments