Cote d’Ivoire lurches towards civil war
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) was West Africa’s economic success story in the early 1990s. When I lived in Ghana in 1993-4, Ivory Coast was where… Read More »Cote d’Ivoire lurches towards civil war
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Elijah on Sudanese refugees in Cairo
Elijah Zarwan, an American human rights activist who lives in Cairo, has been following the protest by Sudanese refugees against discrimination and mistreatment in Egpyt,… Read More »Elijah on Sudanese refugees in Cairo
Monday Africa Roundup
I’m spending Monday catching up on all the work I’d intended to do over the weekend before I got distracted by a series of surprisingly… Read More »Monday Africa Roundup
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
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
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