Explaining Erlinder?
On Friday, American lawyer and law professor Peter Erlinder was arrested in Rwanda. His alleged crime is “genocide denial”, one of a set of offenses… Read More »Explaining Erlinder?
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Lindaba Ziyafika – The News is Coming
Harry Dugmore of Rhodes University is working on a pioneering project to provide news and information into urban neighborhoods in South Africa via mobile phones.… Read More »Lindaba Ziyafika – The News is Coming
Abdoulaye Wade: Monumental Ambition
Political legacies are an uncertain thing. Will Abdoulaye Wade be remembered as a democratic reformer committed to smashing the one-party state in Senegal? As a… Read More »Abdoulaye Wade: Monumental Ambition
Makmende’s so huge, he can’t fit in Wikipedia
“After platinum, albums go Makmende” “They once made a makmende toilet paper, but there was a problem: It wouldn’t take shit from anybody!!!” “Makmende hangs… Read More »Makmende’s so huge, he can’t fit in Wikipedia
Watching Nigeria (even when my eyes hurt)
I’m mostly offline this week, as I’m still healing from surgery and finding that reading and emailing are very painful… but one of the stories… Read More »Watching Nigeria (even when my eyes hurt)
Liberia – shock or insight?
I lost an hour this morning to a documentary on Liberia, which I stumbled onto through Twitter. VBS – the television and video arm of… Read More »Liberia – shock or insight?