Ndesanjo Macha · January, 2008

Latest posts by Ndesanjo Macha from January, 2008

Nigeria: Super Eagles: What went wrong?

  23 January 2008

Nigerian Football Fan blog on Super Eagles loss to Cameroon: “Someone said this on the forum. 1.Based on the Eagles performance in this match, I honestly do not see a difference between the Eguavoen and the Vogts era. Any contrary opinion? 2.What went wrong against Ivory coast? 3.Solutions? Common, lets...

South Africa: Cape Town food blog

  21 January 2008

Andrew invites readers to his Cape Town food blog: “As a child sitting at my mother's feet as she baked pies for the tuisbedryfe of the Peninsula (the first word out of my flour dusted head was ‘pie’), I learnt to be an unashamed foodie, and this blog is going...

Ghana: Ghana 2008 Live Online

  21 January 2008

Nigerian Football Fans blog has information about live coverage of African Cup of Nations Online: “If you are always online and still want to watch the game, i have just researched and come out with some online TV where you can watch the matches. Some are free and some you...

Ghana: Blogging the African Cup of Nations

  21 January 2008

A blog focusing on the African Cup of Nations 2008: “I welcome you all to Ghana 2008 – the 26th African cup of Nations. Today, 20th of January, 2008(today) the city of Accra in Ghana came alive with the opening ceremony in preparedness for the opening game between Ghana and...

Botswana: Making movies in Botswana

  21 January 2008

Mma Ramotswa post a news article about making movies and documentaries in Botswana: “Over the past 10 or 20 years, digital cameras and computer editing have dramatically opened up filmmaking possibilities in “remote” places. Things are looking up for drama films and documentaries made in Botswana.”

Sierra Leone: Six months in Sierra Leone

  21 January 2008

A Sierra Leonean blogger writes about her experience after moving back to Sierra Leone from USA: “I’ve been in Sierra Leone for 6 months now and I must say…its been hard, frustrating, humbling, and lonely. When I first got here my sense of purpose was strong and comforting. I knew...

Kenya: Artists help to heal wounds

  19 January 2008

Sociolingo post an article about local Kenyan artists healing a wounded nation: “Politicians have plunged the country into chaos but local artistes can help to heal the wounds caused by an election gone awry and the resultant lawlessness and suffering.”

Kenya: Mapping the dark and the light

  19 January 2008

Ethan Zuckerman blogs about Ushahidi: “One way to measure the continuing protest and unrest is to follow the story through Ushahidi, a citizen media site put together by friends of mine to allow Kenyans to post news about post-election unrest and violence. Each incident is added to a map, giving...

Kenya: From ODM to Icarus

  19 January 2008

In “From ODM to Icarus” Bankelele writes: “If ODM’s goal is to grind the country to a halt, it may take a while. With tax collections significantly down, the pending Safaricom IPO which I thought will be an election winner could turn out to be a (one time) budget lifesaver...

Kenya: Displaced children

  18 January 2008

Kabissa blog on displaced children in Kenya: “The WIDES Development Group based in Nyakach constituency of Nyanza province and Kibera slums in Nairobi Kenya have reported that many of the orphan children being cared for are now scattered without food, clothing or shelter.”

Kenya: Kenya in Distress vouchers

  18 January 2008

Afromusing writes Kenya in Distress vouchers: “Mamamikes’ donation page is now live. When you click on the homepage, you now have an option to purchase vouchers for Kenyans in Distress.”

Ethiopia: Voice of America jammed!

  18 January 2008

Tedla Asfaw writes about the jamming of Voice of America in Ethiopia: VOA Amharic, Oromiffa and German Amharic have been jammed in Ethiopia and callers from Ethiopia are calling and tell their frustration and it seems now VOA is looking for possible solution.

Ghana: Africa Cup of Nation live at African Path

  17 January 2008

African Path will broadcast Africa Cup of Nations: “The games will be online at http://tv.africanpath.com. The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier sporting event on the African continent that occurs on a biannual basis in January and February.”

Kenya: Parliamentary theatric session

  17 January 2008

Mzalendo on the first day of Kenyan parliament: “January 15, 2008, which was the first day of the first session of the 10th Parliament. ODM’s candidate Mr. Kenneth Otiato Marende, 52, was pronounced Speaker in a theatric session that lasted for more than seven hours.”

Kenya: Dark cloud reveal silver lining

  16 January 2008

Mental Acrobatics writes about Kenya's 10th parliament: “Tuesday afternoon the dark cloud of an illegitimate presidency in Kenya revealed its silver lining. Democracy hit back hard as Kenya’s 10th parliament convened for the first time.”

Nigeria: Oil cremations

  16 January 2008

Akin writes, “Oil fires the people” in Nigeria: Anyone following the saga of Nigeria, its oil and its people would read the news gleaned from recent events and conclude that whilst Nigeria is blessed with oil, any contact between its people and the product always leads to an uncontrollable conflagration.