My heart is vacationing in Nigeria
“Aunt Akwe”, who was bemused at her appearance in my last post, just sent me a highly comprehensive dictionary of Nigerian pidgin. It’s very helpful… Read More »My heart is vacationing in Nigeria
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Remittance – the big business of sending money home
Emeka Okafor, of Timbuktu Chronicles fame, highlights a paper about the Nigerian diaspora on his new blog, Africa Unchained. The paper, by Nigerian scholar Uche… Read More »Remittance – the big business of sending money home
Pubsub’s “community lists” and thoughts on ranking local blogospheres
I’ve been playing with PubSub for a few months now, ever since Jay Rosen told me that he was using it as a complement to… Read More »Pubsub’s “community lists” and thoughts on ranking local blogospheres
What to watch in the Ugandan election
My friend and colleague Janet Haven writes that she’s heading to Uganda this week, to the Tactical Technology Africa Source conference. I’m doubly sorry that… Read More »What to watch in the Ugandan election
Chinese trade with Africa – good or bad news?
I’m a firm believer that a positive transformation of the African continent will come from increased trade, both between African nations and with other continents.… Read More »Chinese trade with Africa – good or bad news?
Black Looks on “Five Years for Sex Tourist”
I couldn’t figure out anything to write to help contextualize this (soul-crushingly depressing) story about sex tourism in West Africa. Fortunately, Sokari could, and did.