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Cape Verde: Blogging for Soul Healing, Facebook as a Catwalk

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Cape Verde, Citizen Media

Capeverdean blogger Jorge from Diário de um Thug notes [1] [pt] that the country's blogs are dying everyday. Should Facebook be blamed?

for the ones who enjoy writing, that problem is not an issue. Writing is an act of mourning and of memory healing; a soul cure has many more advantages than a vanity parade on Facebook. I see this media as a big catwalk…