On being an “African writer”
Nikita Bernardi has a piece in Think Africa Press about the Caine Prize for African writing. For Caine, “‘An African writer’ is taken to…
Read MoreAfrican Great Lakes
What’s one thing everyone in the world things belongs to them?
Maggi! Check out Aurora Almendral’s fabulous radio piece about Maggi, that most ubiqutous of seasonings. It immediately brings Rwanda to my mind — and…
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$1 million for African media, $100,000 at a time
Enter your best ideas! Share This: For Immediate Release: May 10, 2012 Contact: Sonja Matanovic, Communications Director Telephone: 202.349.7624, smatanovic@icfj.org Call…
Read MoreIf you want to #coverthenight, also read this — Beyond #Kony2012: Advocacy, Activism and Africa
I’m thrilled to join the company of some stellar thinkers, doers and writers in “Beyond Kony2012.” I’ve offered a chapter called “Ethical or Exploitative:…
Read MoreDid you hear we halved poverty while we were all distracted by Invisible Children? And nine other things that actually happened this week
Five questions for Invisible Children and #kony2012
I’m not going to interview Invisible Children, in part because I’m a little busy at the moment. But if I did, here’s the questions…
Read MoreIn Congo, women fight rape — with radios
Things that are awesome
A brass band brings these Congolese youth more than music
In this lovely multimedia piece by Dutch duo Rachel Corner and Laurens Nijzink, we meet three Congolese kids with tragic pasts — and the…
Read MoreLook out, women! You know what they say about sneezing… (don’t you?)
I promise you this gets funny. In the last two weeks, I’ve grown terribly allergic to something in my house, probably in my room….
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