Stories from 1 August 2007
Tajikistan/Afghanistan: The Wakhan valley
Ian of Beyond the River has just come back from the Wakhan Corridor, which separates Afghanistan and Tajikistan (photos).
Afghanistan: Violent end to hostage crisis?
Eugene Echo says that hoping for a peaceful resolution to the hostage crisis in Afghanistan might be in vain now that a military operation seems to have been launched to free the 23 South Koreans.
Caribbean: Emancipation Day
Today is Emancipation Day. On August 1, one hundred and seventy three years ago, freedom from slavery was won in the Caribbean – and Caribbean bloggers still have a lot to say about it… Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp sets the tone by quoting one of the most beloved lines from...
Jamaica: Lorna Goodison
Geoffrey Philp pays tribute to Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison on her birthday.
Kyrgyzstan: Bread prices up, people's mood down
Kyrgyzstani bloggers voice their outcry over increasing bread prices. The mood is also down due to an upcoming international summit, which is likely to restrict movement into the capital Bishkek. Any good news? Well, it's the president's birthday today...
Grenada: This Caribbean Writer
“I am Caribbean. And I’m an SF/F writer. I’m proud of both the genre I write in, and my identity.” Author Tobias Buckell blogs about being multi-racial and how his Caribbean roots have influenced his writing.
Tanzania: Lessons on building a virtual blogging community
How do you build a democratic blogging community made up of members living in different parts of the world? The Tanzanian experience in building its formal organization, Jumuwata, offers important practical and theoretical lessons to bloggers and citizen media activitsts on how to build a collaborative and democratic blogging community online.
Bahamas: Conference on the Americas
Rick Lowe attended the Conference on the Americas and blogs about his experience at WeblogBahamas.com.
Barbados: Police/Media Clash
Both Notes from the Margin and Barbados Free Press are concerned about allegations that police officers at the scene of the Joe's River bus crash used violence towards reporters.
Bahamas: Natural Wonders
In response to Bajegirl’s post about the Seven Wonders of the Caribbean, Nicolette Bethel throws some of the Bahamas’ natural wonders into the mix.
Afghanistan: Missionaries not aid workers
The South Korean hostages were carelessly jeopardising their own safety and were in fact Christian missionaries trying to convert Muslims in a volatile war region in Afghanistan's south. Dr. X thinks that this makes the case for a prisoner exchange to free them less convincing.
Korea: Don't Make Me Older!
In Korea, there are two ways to calculate your age: the Korean way and the western way. Officially, the Korean method is the way to calculate your age in Korea. As soon as you are born, you are age one. No matter when you are born (like 31st of Demember),...
Taiwan: From music to rice–the people and the earth
Due to the big music market and the hot music industry, Taiwanese love and are familiar with pop songs and different kinds of music. In Yun-Ru Shih's article, based on Miao-Ru Chien's research: 台灣流行音樂產業的崛起起始自七零年代的民歌運動，到了八零年代末、九零年代初迅速成長到五十億台幣，1996年破百億後，1997年更達到歷來最高的123億台幣，在全球唱片市場排名由第21位竄升至第13位，在亞洲排名第二（僅次於日本）。（簡妙如,2002） The pop music industry in Taiwan rose in the folk music movement in 1970s. At the...
Peru: Celebrating Independence Day
Peruvian bloggers celebrated their country's independence day with tributes to their homeland. On their blogs, they wrote posts highlighting what they love about Peru and reflections about what makes their country unique.
D.R of Congo: Interpreting the warnings
Fred interprets the warnings in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “The DRC is so vast, and its people so used to endless ‘problems in the east’, that it is difficult for someone living in Kinshasa to guage the seriousness of rising tensions in North and South Kivus (provinces bordering Rwanda...
South Africa: Afrigator is best non-U.S site to watch
Afrigator is featured on Business 2.0 Magazine‘s best non-U.S. sites to watch: “So did Justin remind me today that Afrigator was featured in Business 2.0 Magazine! Feels good, I must admit… Good job Mark, Mike & JH!”
