When I was growing up, Independence Day was quite a big deal in and around Maseru, Lesotho. Besides it being a public holiday, it carried with it the promise of festivities which usually occurred at our national stadium. A lot has changed since then, and some would claim for the worse. But instead of writing […]
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The media blog that is not about famine, Bono, or Barack Obama. Contributors are: Sean Jacobs (he started AIAC), Daniel Magaziner, Neelika Jayawardane, Boima Tucker, Tom Devriendt, Elliot Ross, Basia Lewandowska Cummings, Sophia Azeb, Dan Moshenberg, Brett Davidson, Orlando Reade, Jonathan Faull, Caitlin Chandler, Gregory Mann, Dylan Valley, Emily Wood, Marissa Moorman, Lily Saint, Mikko Kapanen, Wills Glasspiegel, Melissa Levin, Loren Lynch, Olufemi Terry, Megan Eardley, Hinda Talhaoui, 'kola, Davy Lane, Siddhartha Mitter, Johan Palme, Steffan Horowitz, Justin Scott, Dennis Laumann, Kweli Jaoko, Jumoke Verissimo, Zachary Rosen, Shamira Muhammad, Maria Ximena Plaza, T.O. Molefe, Ts'eliso Monaheng, Maria Hengeveld, Corinna Jentzsch, Nicholas Barber, Serginho Roosblad, Roxsanne Dyssell, Cheta Nwanze, Sarah El-Shaarawi, Jimmy Kainja, Claudio Silva and Jacques Enaudeau. Pre-August 2009 posts are archived here.
AIAC Twitter:
- RT @jesshopp: Tired of being asked to be the token woman on people's panels for, like, the 13th yr straight. 1 hour ago
- Trinidad's carnival anthem has new video; everyone's not happy with mud and viking theme (scroll down for comments): youtube.com/watch?v=u5g4Es… 1 hour ago
- RT @david_conn: Borussia Dortmund, coming to Wembley: wage bill £68m (less than Aston Villa), controlled by members, crowd 80,000 http:/… 1 hour ago
- Interviewing Emmanuel Eboue is a risky business youtube.com/watch?v=QHurhO… #Elephant fb.me/250ncmI2P 2 hours ago
- RT @Sugarintheplum: Rained-in BBQ w @AfricasaCountry colleagues: working for free ws never this fun! So sweet to have met you all finally 3 hours ago
- Question for @BBC: Do black people have a future in South Africa? cc @BBCAfrica @smayoux (riff off @OlufemiTerry's earlier question) 3 hours ago
- RT @olufemiterry: @AfricasaCountry And do Native Americans have a future in america? bbc.in/12FrxYE 3 hours ago
- RT @kenyanpundit: Would like to read an article comparing how African presidents travel. 3 hours ago
- #Musicbreak and more with the 'rebel general' of Congolese music, Jupiter & Okwess International via @ilkamedia... fb.me/29pJzLXpq 3 hours ago
- Finally this whopper from Soyinka: "In fact, right now, Nigeria is not the center of anything but global chagrin." saharareporters.com/interview/saha… 3 hours ago
