English country house plans evolved from the tenants’ cottages on large manors in Western England during the Middle Ages. Originally these simple structures were fashioned of wattle and daub or stone, and topped with high thatched roofs to facilitate rain runoff. For many people, the archetypical English cottage home is the storybook image of a…
Initially and foremost what is a van bulkhead? A van bulkhead is a partition involving the taxi spot and load region of a van or light-weight business automobile. The main reason of a bulkhead is to provide an added stage of stability for your van. There are fundamentally 4 styles of van bulkheads available: Stable…
Chinua Achebe is one of the most celebrated African writers. The reverence for his books has been in part due to excellence of his writings, but mostly for being an excellent narrator and poet of his beliefs. Chinua Achebe begins the story with his early years, and lovingly describes the parents who raised him, and…
Welcome to the Kingdom of Swaziland! Independence Did you know- On September 6, 1968, the country – one of the most ethnically homogeneous republics on the Planet– proclaimed its national independence as the Kingdom of Swaziland within the Commonwealth. It thus became the forty-second independent country in Africa. Since that time, it has become one…
A tribute to Professor Austine S.O. Okwu at 92: A look at how a diplomat who signed up to serve his country ended up serving his own people.From a review of his book, In Truth for Justice and Honor: A Memoir of a Nigerian-Biafran Ambassador. Part II The relationship between Ghana and Nigeria had hit…
