Africa (older)

I needed to do a bit of background research for the lecture I’m using to open today’s Digital Democracy class at Harvard. The end result… Read More »Turmeric, pygmies and piracy

The New York Times has an excellent page one story today about the resurgence of the Port of New York. The world’s busiest container port… Read More »International shipping and the falling dollar

The fine folks over at Metafilter are having an interesting discussion about current events in Cote d’Ivoire. MeFi user “kablam” posted an extremely graphic piece… Read More »Cote d’Ivoire discussion on MetaFilter

The fine folks behind Calabash Music – one of the best places on the ‘net to legally download world music – have started a “free… Read More »What’s better than electric kora music? FREE electric kora music.

A month ago, it looked like peace might be around the corner for Cote d’Ivoire. Government soldiers and rebels had stopped shooting at one another,… Read More »Cote d’Ivoire and the Future of Peacekeeping

I’ve resisted posting anything on my blog about the US election, realizing that a) I’m sad and angry and not thinking especially clearly, b) I… Read More »Come to a Blue State, Have a Beer on Me