A historic opportunity for what?
The Economist gives the best analysis I’ve seen so far of the current situation in Somalia. Some key points in today’s article, which is a… Read More »A historic opportunity for what?
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Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Learning how to hear global hip hop
Like many Americans, I am a monolingual idiot. English is the only language I’m comfortable expressing myself in, though I can function in Spanish-speaking countries… Read More »Learning how to hear global hip hop
Ethiopian liberators greeted with cheers and flowers < /sarcasm >
The headline on Les Neuhaus’s AP article from Mogadishu this morning announces, “Somalia’s PM greeted by cheers“. Reading three paragraphs into the article, the situation… Read More »Ethiopian liberators greeted with cheers and flowers < /sarcasm >
Ethiopian army seizes Mogadishu. Does anyone outside of the Bush and Zenawi administrations think this was a good idea?
(Apologies that I’ve been absent the past few days. Events in my immediate world have demanded more attention than events in east Africa…) What a… Read More »Ethiopian army seizes Mogadishu. Does anyone outside of the Bush and Zenawi administrations think this was a good idea?
Time’s person of the year: fat, ignorant and xenophobic?
Like David Weinberger, I’m very surprised to be named Time’s person of the year (along with you, and you and you). Like Rebecca MacKinnon, I… Read More »Time’s person of the year: fat, ignorant and xenophobic?
The Hibiscus Project: How African and Chinese bloggers start to talk to one another
This year’s Global Voices meeting was a three-day event for many of us. We’d decided it made sense to break the main meeting into two… Read More »The Hibiscus Project: How African and Chinese bloggers start to talk to one another