- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

Côte d'Ivoire: Where Are the African Personalities When They Are Needed?

Categories: Latin America, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, France, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, U.S.A., United Kingdom, Arts & Culture, Digital Activism, Elections, Ethnicity & Race, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Relations, Migration & Immigration, Music, Politics, Protest, Refugees, War & Conflict

A few months ago,  Marième Jamme asked Bono and Bob Geldof to take less prominent roles as speakers for Africa in the media and leave space for Africans to speak for themselves [1]. Today on the Africa Rising [2] blog,  bloggers  wonder where have the African personalities gone when they are actually needed to get the world's attention on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire [3] ?