Stories from Quick Reads from January, 2006
Mexico: Online Library of Chinese Piracy
Wave Making notes that the popular, controversial (and often offensive) blog, Pinches Chinos has celebrated its one year anniversary and takes the occasion to examine the complex feelings Mexicans have...
Venezuela: Notes on WSF
Author and activist, Luis J. Rodriguez offers his experience at last week's World Social Forum in Caracas.
Grenada: Kick ‘em Jenny
Yamfoot posts two photos of Grand Anse beach, and wonders if the sea's unusual turbulence in the second could mean that submarine volcano “Kick ‘em Jenny” is acting up.
Belize: Flooding and highways
Caribbean Colors ventures out on to the highways and byways of Belize during the recent flooding, and takes some photos.
South Africa: Condoms in the classroom
Mzansi Afrika comments on the debate taking place in South Africa over whether condoms should be available in classrooms …”The main argument, surprise, surprise, was from the whole moralistic religious...
Nigeria: hostages freed
Nigerian Times reports on the freeing of hostages in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
Kenya: Myths
Diary of a mad Kenyan woman writes on the “myth of the strong black woman“
Zimbabwe: going hungry
This is Zimbabwe comments on the lack of compassion and failure to manage crisis by Zanu-PF….
Panama: Manuel Escala
Leon Kadoch sees a bright future for up-and-coming Panamanian musician, Manuel Escala.
India: Dharamshala
India: Dharamshala
Guyana: Conversations & CCH Pounder
MediaCritic has begun posting a series of conversations with anonymous Guyanese figures. So far he's conversed with London-based Guyanese, Prodigal, a journalist who's moved to another island, and Young Bright...
Belize: Friends and business
Simone posts Part 4 of her “Moving to Belize” guide, and solicits input from people who've “tried to set up a business abroad with friends”.
South Africa: Afrikaans usage
Moral Fibre from South Africa, reports on a row over the Afrikaans language between opposition parties and a military judge who complained about the use of the language in an...
Nigeria: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Molara Wood points to an interview with Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, in Saturdays UK Guardian…..”I told them I wanted to be in touch with the everyday. But we returned...
Aruba: Buying a house
At 25, ArubaGirl is wondering whether it would be wise for her to buy a house. “Am I being crazy to cling to the land?” she asks.
China: More Crackdowns
Danwei summarizes the recent crackdowns on print publications in China that characterized the end of the Year of the Rooster. But there is a note of hope: “Yet as we...
