Beyond the smoke and flames of protest
Reporting on protests in poor communities where the mainstream media lacks, social media picks up the slack. This isn't always a good thing.
Articles by
Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs is the Founder and Editor of Africa is a Country, on the faculty of The New School in New York and currently a Ford Foundation #AfricaNoFilter Fellow.
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