When you get under Antony Blinken’s skin
On the deplatforming of 'African Stream.'
The revolution will not be posted
Is a Facebook-led social media movement enough to change a country? The case of Angola.
Buying, Swapping and Selling domestic workers
The blinding privilege of South Africa’s ‘white’ middle and upper class which has found new means of subjugation: online community groups.
Why is Facebook asking me how to pronounce my name?
Facebook has decided my name is weird and hard and I have to prevent awkward situations by teaching my “Friends” how to say it.
Facebook Politics in Zimbabwe
The 'Baba Jukwa' Facebook page exposes state and ruling party corruption and correctly predicts leadership battles in Zimbabwe. Who is behind it?
Wole Soyinka has opinions about social media
The novelist and Nobel Prize winner on why he avoids social media entirely, saying he doesn’t tweet, blog, or engage with what he calls today’s increasingly promiscuous digital platforms.
What is wrong with Italian Reality TV?
The question is whether a reality TV show — focusing on visiting Italians — filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.
That uncomfortable feeling
The ‘premature’ launch of South Africa’s second 24-hour news television channel.
Whose “new African writing”?
Finding more multilingual literary pathways will benefit all of African — and world — literatures.
How many Twitter activists make one vote?
The problem with so many Twitter crowd members is they live in their comfort zone and are not about to lift a finger to get out of there.
When videos of abuses by police go viral in Angola
It marks the first time that videos went truly viral in a country in which only about 5% of the population has access to the internet.
Development always comes with a political agenda
An interview with the leaders of a viral online campaign originating in Norway aimed at exposing European ignorance about the foolhardiness of humanitarianism in Africa.
A miserable fraud
The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.
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