Stories about Citizen Media from March, 2006
The (virtual) life of a regional editor
GVO's South Asia editor podcasts about her online activities
Kenya: Dare to be Different
What an African Woman Thinks writes about “daring to be different” and discusses what is normal and what is deviant…..Because sometimes, too often in fact, it seems to me that that question degenerates into who is like us and who is not. And, it can, in this cruder form, make...
Nigeria: Census
Nigeria's is presently in the midst of carrying out a census. Oro reports that by the end we should know “exactly how many Nigerians live in Nigeria — 120 million? 150 million? Less? More? And as soon as that census exercise is over, another census (that will seek to consider...
Nigeria: Splashing out
Naijablog has a couple of nights out and about in Nigeria at an Owambe party .…”(‘come and show’) party. A big society woman was ‘washing’ her new upscale housing estate in Maitama. The yearly rent is reputedly 90,000US per year (N13.5million). “
African women bloggers
AfroMusing posts on a radio interview by two African women bloggers – via Kenya Unlimited.
Thailand: Rural-Urban Divide
Maytel 2020 describes the rural-urban divide in Thailand that characterizes Southeast Asian politics as a whole. “Southeast Asia has long been noted for its ‘patron-client’ political structures which many theorists believe stem from the primarily agrarian nature of most of the region. Farming rice is a precarious livelihood strategy and...
Thailand: BlogconThai 2006
BlogCon Thailand 2006, the first blogger meeting that discuss Weblogs, Online Information and Collaboration Thailand was successfully held on Sunday, 19 March 2006
Oman: Today I saw you, Tomorrow you marry me
God, I hate this whole way of marriage here in Oman. Or the Gulf. Or the ME. Wherever its practiced. HOW can somebody just decide they want to marry someone by only looking at them and hearing a few good things about them? HOW can these girls actually believe that...
South Africa: blog awards +
Cherryflava goes to the South African blog awards and comes away with an assortment of blogs posts that speak for themselves.
Buen Provecho!
Greetings from Panama! This week's food blog round-up is extremely scrumptious. Please do not read if you are hungry! #1: From Greece, Wanderlust ShaLadies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce you to Ms. Sha, the empanada queen! Oh,…just take a look at those photos. Just be prepared with...
Pakistan: The future
Pickled Politics on the future of Pakistan, Musharraf and South Asia.
Nigeria: Middle class comfort
Kazey's Journal discusses the middle classes, becoming rich and moaning about not being comfortable when you have loads of money.” Comfort is a condition. You can only be comfortable when you have no immediate challenges in life that gives you discomfort.I understand wealth quite well and the need to get...
First Woman President in Chile
Photo: www.emol.com Chile is very excited. For the first time a woman has been elected as president and we are talking about it; in the streets, on the radio, on television and in Blogs. The presidential period of 4 years started today with a ceremony that took place at the...
Argentina, Uruguay: Diplomacy and Celebrity
Diego is back with his semi-annual post from Buenos Aires. Just back from a trip to Uruguay, he explains how actress Tara Reid plans on saving the world, one party at a time.
Southeast Asia, Philippines: Adequacy of Democracy
An underthought article in the Guardian decrying the lack of democracy in Southeast Asia angers Eevil Midget, a Filipina in London, who responds: “democracy is a farce anyway! as if the Western world is that much better.” Torn and Frayed in Manila shares his own thoughts on the piece.
Eritrea: Diplomatic games with Italy
Ethiopia Watch reports on an Eritrean diplomat expelled from Italy in retaliation for an Italian expelled from Asmara. The Eritrean government says the man was expelled for breaking the law.
Zimbabwe: Arms cache found
The Bearded Man reports of a man arrested in Zimbabwe with a large cache of arms. He comments on the Government spin on the case which he feels is too much and unnecessary He also provides links to related stories.
DRC: Moroccan visitors
Blogging from the Democratic Republic of Congo Kim Gjerstad in Congo posts on the arrival of King Mohammed VI of Morocco to the DRC bringing with him some gifts!
Africa: hope is not a paradox
My Hearts in Accra comments on an article in the NYT that asks why AFricans who have so little are so optimistic – Ethan explains to her “why hope in Africa is NOT a paradox“
Pakistan: Blog-o-block
I am sure the readers of Global Voices are, by now, well aware of the recent move by ISPs in Pakistan to block blogspot.com sites. The rationale behind this ban cannot be logically justified. The reason given is that due to pressure from (political) groups within Pakistan, the government has...
