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Replete with Color
Zachary Rosen, a former Peace Corps official, describes his favorite photographs to us.

Oprah and Kristof: What don’t they have in common?
Oprah, like Kristof, turns a personal desire to help sufferers of abuse into a more than acceptable African development program.

Jeffrey Gettleman’s Continent
The New York Times East Africa correspondent can be summarized in three self evident points.

Kony 2012 is a Parody
A number of comedy videos lampooning Kony 2012 are making the rounds on social media. Some are funny, some are asinine.

The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they're firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.

Soulja Boy takes on Joseph Kony
It has come to this. Musicians, especially rappers, had to wade in on the American social media campaign to "Make Kony Famous."