Latest posts by Ndesanjo Macha from September, 2006
Africa: 1st Carnival of African Women
Mshairi announces the 1st Carnival of African Women, which will be held in cyberspace on Monday October 9th, 2006: “To participate in the premier Carnival, we are asking contributors to write a piece on Blogging and Identity and publish it on their blogs. Please feel free to interpret the topic...
Africa: recycling war
Black Looks writes about recycling war in Africa, “The reality is war is big business and Africa is a prime market – sell the weapons, destroy and then rebuild, then sell some more and so on – recycling war.”
Sudan: no solution for Darfur
EthnicLoft is pessimistic about the situation in Darfur, “There is profound displeasure over the crisis; claims by some that the West hasn’t done enough; some have labeled the crisis an Arab-African conflict; some have questioned the indifference of the Northern African and Middle Eastern nations over the killings and humanitarian...
Africa: who is an African?
Is there such a thing as White Africans? Alexcia joins the debate.
Africa: African bloggers conference 2007
Following the heated debate about the Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging, Mental Acrobatics has a practical suggestion: “So this is what i suggest. Clearly we have many African bloggers who have an opinion on what an African blogging conference should or should not have, should or should not do. We...
Ghana: International Media Summit
The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen…of Ghana attended the Africa's International Media Summit 2006, in Accra, Ghana.
East Africa: Swahili text-to-speech software released
My Africa informs us about a new Swahili text-to-speech software released by the Local Language Speech Technology Initiative (LLSTI).
Kenya: is John Githongo a blogger?
Does Githongo have a blog?, asks Kenyan Entrepreneur. He also shares his views about the meeting between the American President, George Bush, and the Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, early this week.
Uganda: young, talented artist
According to Madandcrazy, Pius Kyomukama is a young Ugandan artist you should watch.
Kenya: does the government want to control commission on human rights?
Kenyan Pundit posts a press release by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights regarding allegations of corruption within the commission. It begins: “For many months, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has been aware of machinations by powerful State actors to weaken, control or close down the...
Ethiopia: who are they talking to?
Meskel Square does not understand why UN agencies and charities set up advertising banners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, using English-language captions.
Kenya: government should support EASSy Project
N'Cho Blog posts a statement by the Kenyan Community Abroad urging the government of Kenya to support EASSy Project.
Telecoms a lucrative business in Nigeria
Naija to the Core writes about telecommunication sector in Nigeria: “About 6 years ago, the GSM craze was on and Nigeria was still developing and setting up the infrastructure to welcome GSM mobile telecommunication and everything that came with it. A lot of money was invested and a lot of...
Kenya: “political instability”
African Affairs comments on the recent meeting between the Presidents of Tanzania and the US where the issue of “Kenya's political instability” was discussed: “The Monday meeting in New York between Presidents George Bush (US) and Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania) was only good to a point. The suspect nature of the...
Zimbabwe: the struggle continues
We are learning from Zimbwabean Pundit that Zimbabweans will not give up the fight!: “Barely a week after their counterparts from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions were arrested and tortured for demonstrating against the government, Lovemore Madhuku's National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) have promised they'll be out on the streets...
Ethiopia: new book from a jailed politician
Ethiopian Paradox informs us about a new book written by the jailed mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr. Berhanu Nega, “As or When the Dawn of Freedom Breaks”: “It makes compelling reading when the author is in jail and his pen, head, heart and spirit- together and in unison defy...
Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights in Ethiopia
In a post titled “Liberal Democracy in Action,” Ethiopia Pundit writes: “Also … EthioMedia reports that “The phones ring off the hook” at House Speaker's Office.” Ethiopian-Americans are exercising their democratic rights in support of Ethiopians who can not. The calls are to House Speaker Dennis Hastert with the aim...
The 5th Carnival Against Racism
Black Looks writes about “The 5th Carnival Against Racism and the 1st to be held in the African blogosphere.”
The future of the African blogosphere
Writing about the Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging, which took place in South Africa last week, and the future of the African blogosphere, Grandiose Parlor asks: “What would the post-conference initiatives be? How can African bloggers leverage their knowledge and (web 2.0) expertise to a greater good? What initiatives can...
Africa: Reactions to Pope's remarks
A speech by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany last week has received mixed reactions in the African blogosphere. The speech has generally provoked outrage in the Muslim world. The Pope quoted Byzantine Emperor Manuel II saying, “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find...
Uganda's brightest artist
African Painters on the late Ugandan artist, Henry Lutalo Lumu, “Henry Lutalo Lumu is credited by many of Uganda's artists as being one of the country's brightest and most widely influential talents of modern Ugandan art from as early as the 1950s until his death in 1989.”
