bloggers
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government
As I write this, I am eerily reminded that in Ethiopia, expressing your views can get you a first class ticket to prison. From April 25 to 26, 2014, nine Ethiopian bloggers and journalists were arrested. As we celebrated World Press Freedom Day on Saturday, they were being detained in Addis Ababa’s notorious central investigation
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
The Strategic Kinship of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto
Blogger Kweli of Bring me the African Guy writes for us on the relationship of Kenyan politicians Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. "Although they are facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the two have been...
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Academic Blogger
The New York Times is onto something. First, it was the Weapons of Mass Destruction. And now… its investigative reporters have found another hitherto elusive entity: The Academic Blogger: “A remarkable variety of scholars have achieved blogosphere...
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Statement by Bloggers on the Murder of David Kato
“We the undersigned wish to express our deep sadness at the murder of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato on 26th January 2011. David’s activism began in the 1980s as an Anti-Apartheid campaigner where he first expressed...
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Links
It’s Friday so here’s some links and stories I have managed not to give the proper treatment to this week. * What’s Jeffrey Gettleman problem? This week he has a story in The New York Times about...
Nelson Mandela
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Why aren’t we discussing Mandela’s Politics?
13 Dec 2013 at 12:05 pm
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Tata Mandela
6 Dec 2013 at 6:00 am
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3 Books on Nelson Mandela
5 Jul 2013 at 3:00 am
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Songs for Mandela: Weekend Music Break 64
8 Dec 2013 at 6:00 am
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Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
18 Jul 2011 at 6:50 am
