links for 2007-03-02
Zimbabwe is broke and hungry, admits bank chief | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited Gideon Gono cracks, admits that Zimbabwe’s finances are a disaster. Wonderful… Read More »links for 2007-03-02
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Democracy in Dakar
I’m guilty of the same attention crimes I’ve accused the mainstream media of: I’ve been writing about tragedies and crises on the African continent at… Read More »Democracy in Dakar
From flying toilets to free methane
Afrigadget has some excellent photos of a novel design for a latrine in the Nairobi Kibera neighborhood. Kibera is a huge neighborhood, home to approximately… Read More »From flying toilets to free methane
links for 2007-03-01
Reporting Africa, blog by blog Becky Hogge – openDemocracy Good piece by Becky Hogge on the Global Voices/Reuters Africa parternship (tags: globalvoices africa journalism media)… Read More »links for 2007-03-01
How we amuse ourselves in Western Massachusetts
My Boston friends sometimes wonder aloud, “What do you people do for amusement out there in the Berkshires in the winter?” After all, it’s not… Read More »How we amuse ourselves in Western Massachusetts
Jewels in the Jungle: Rediscovering the Afrodeutsch
Bill of Jewels in the Jungle is running a fascinating set of articles for Black History Month, focusing on the Afrodeutsche (Afro-German) identity. Bill is… Read More »Jewels in the Jungle: Rediscovering the Afrodeutsch