The Civic Statuary Project
The University of Cape Town removed a controversial statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes last week, after a month of student protests. Rhodes, who build… Read More »The Civic Statuary Project
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Paying Attention to Garissa
On Thursday morning, heavily armed attackers, believed to be members of al-Shabaab, invaded Garissa University and killed 147 students. Mohamed Kuno, a high-ranking al-Shabaab official,… Read More »Paying Attention to Garissa
“It’s scary when we can do this out of love and there’s nothing you can threaten us with”
What’s a “holy shit visualization”? It’s a way of looking at data that makes turns a statistic you might have flipped past in a book… Read More »“It’s scary when we can do this out of love and there’s nothing you can threaten us with”
Helping Launch the NetGain Challenge
This morning, I’m at the Ford Foundation in New York City as part of the launch event for NetGain. NetGain is a new effort launched… Read More »Helping Launch the NetGain Challenge
Global Voices at 10: Food for Thought
I spent last week in Cebu, the second largest city in The Philippines, with three hundred journalists, activists and media scholars from more than sixty… Read More »Global Voices at 10: Food for Thought
Global Voices Summit: Do We Feed the Trolls?
Five days with Global Voices leaves me feeling pretty good about the state of the world, and the shape of the internet. But the ‘net… Read More »Global Voices Summit: Do We Feed the Trolls?