The age of the influencer
One African feminist's view on how social media clout chasing has stalled progressive politics.
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Instagram misreads a revolution
What social media activism gets wrong about the #SudanUprising: Sometimes it may be appropriate to leave the hashtags alone and say nothing.
Solidarity with Sudan begins at home
A guide on how to support the uprising in Sudan.
Social media, repression and the crisis in Cameroon
Despite consistent and protracted attempts by government to repress access to social media and freedom of expression, citizen's voices are being heard over the internet in Cameroon.
Wokeness and the professional outrage machine
Social media group-think derails any chance for a progressive political movement.
#ThisFlag, social media and political agency in Zimbabwe.
In Zimbabwe, the leap from online conversation to citizen protest has followed the same path as other protest movements around the world.
Ghanaian Facebook Proverbs
No, Albert Einstein never said this on Facebook: “Having an okro mouth does not mean you will be given banku to go with it.”
The lions and the hunters
Lions and black people are not the same or even straightforwardly comparable. But it is true that something wants them both dead.
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
"... I do not tweet, blog or whatever goes on in this increasingly promiscuous medium"
Nigeria, come get your president
Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent in Nigeria, gets the hashtag treatment - gets mocked on Twitter - for his government's inaction and policy uncertainty on a range of fronts.
How a coup d’état drove a scholar to social media
Call me a curmudgeon, but I had never really understood the value of social media. I
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.
Social Media in Africa’s Revolutions
How anonymous parties define, construct, and support uprisings in Africa via social media.
Cameroon is Cameroon
A mix of factors - language, regional, sexism, an opposition that has been co-opted by the ruling party and repression - prevents real, meaningful change in Cameroon.
'Vote for Umblerra'
Probably to deal with the stresses associated with next month general elections scheduled for next month–there’s
Save the Museum (in Uganda)
Just about this time last year, Uganda lost a priceless part of its cultural heritage when
The World According to Facebook
Facebook intern Paul Butler, who created the map, writes that he wanted to see “how geography
What do leftists make of Wikileaks?
Not everyone is so taken with what Wikileaks has wrought. I’d be curious to hear what