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Alexander McCall Smith’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” is being filmed in Botswana, with a 46% local cast and 1200 Botswanan extras. An interesting look at what’s required to convince a studio to shoot a movie in an African nation, and the pride an
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Stephan Faris applies the “resource curse” argument to Africa’s current growth. His observations on Nigeria and Chad are spot on, but there’s a great deal of non-resource growth on the continent right now, which this piece misses.
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The Tanzanian blogosphere – which spans North America and Europe, as well as Africa – is planning a virtual blogger’s conference via IRC
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Voices of Africa is using mobile phones to try to build reporting capacity in rural areas, posting stories and video via GPRS
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Ozomatli – a famously left wing, pro-labor, anti-Bush latin funk band – is touring the Middle East, sponsored by the State Department. Wow. Talk about unconventional appropaches to diplomacy
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Kenyans protest a proposed bonus to members of parliament, and the government reacts by arresting four organizers of the protests
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Solid aritcle in the Independent on African blogging