African drums and Maori haka

So how do you combine African drums and Maori haka? easy, you only have to travel to the furthest place in the world (at least for me), New Zealand, then meet with African friends over there and accept the invitation to spend "an African day", and there it is, suddenly you find yourself celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ghana independence in Auckland... one of the best days I have spent in a long time :D

It just happened that I was reading at that time a book about the last 50 years of Africa, it is called "The state of Africa", by Meredith. I don't particularly like this authour too much, his vision about Africa is very, very pesimistic, and if all your knowledge about the continent is the one you get from the news then it won't help you at all to understand the wonders of an incredible place, but he is good at presenting facts and events.

This particular book is about the evolution of the African countries, from the moment they got the independence till the current times, starting with a deep analysis of the situations that provoqued the former colonies to grant the independence to the countries... higly recomended for all those who want to understand a bit more about the current situation of Africa.