African Welding, African Weblogs
The BBC has an excellent story today on the “Wonder Welders” of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The welders are a group of wheelchair-bound men, crippled… Read More »African Welding, African Weblogs
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
CAR elections, and credit to African nations when they get it right
Conservative commentators are looking for all possible evidence that US involvement in Iraq is leading to waves of democratization around the world, reaching for examples… Read More »CAR elections, and credit to African nations when they get it right
Why Lesotho Cares about China – and why you might, as well
The New York Times has been running an excellent, if sporadic, series of articles on the global garment industry and the implications of the end… Read More »Why Lesotho Cares about China – and why you might, as well
Telecoms crisis in Kenya
Ory has a good post on the sacking of the Communications Commission of Kenya board. I’m still trying to digest email I’m getting from friends… Read More »Telecoms crisis in Kenya
British American Tobacco, Warner Brothers and Weak Spots
I was on a panel with Anna White of essential.org last week at a conference called “Grantmakers for Health”. We were both talking about the… Read More »British American Tobacco, Warner Brothers and Weak Spots
President Bush, “Hotel Rwanda”, bridgeblogs and terrorism
President Bush, famously not a big newspaper reader, is evidently not much of a film buff either. In today’s “White House Letter” in the New… Read More »President Bush, “Hotel Rwanda”, bridgeblogs and terrorism