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African Proverbs- With Love, That African Kid x
thatafricankid:
Broadband world: Connecting Africa →
gene-r-smith:
Interesting interactive map showing total user’s online and the spread of submarine cable systems (EASSy, SAT-3, etc) over time. Also includes a great article on Kenya (Nairobi) becoming East Africa’s “hi-tech hub” (Ushahidi was mentioned). We need more of these types of articles.
Sunday Monitor: Female Fans brighten African... →
theafricatheynevershowyou:
Soccer stadiums in Africa have changed from male domination to into huge crowds of female fans. This trend gets better as cultural barriers that restricted them to the kitchen are breaking down
The female football fan has certainly turned full circle. From the mid 19th Century, when she was so valued as to be admitted free, to now being valued for adding colour and...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie →
thefeeloffree:
“My first novel is on the West African secondary school curriculum. My second novel is taught in universities. One question I am almost always certain of getting during media interviews is a variation of this: we appreciate the work you are doing and your novels are important but when are you getting married? I refuse to accept that the institution of marriage is what gives me...
Africa gets a boost in meningitis fight →
rafastarisativa:
Last year, 88,000 cases of meningitis were recorded in sub-Saharan Africa, causing 5000 deaths. The new vaccine targets meningitis type A, which causes 90 percent of epidemics in Africa.
Sudan's former rebel SPLM backs independence for... →
fyeahafrica:
The governing party in southern Sudan - the SPLM - has for the first time publicly backed independence for the south, ahead of next month’s referendum on the issue.
The statement is at odds with the terms of a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war with northern Sudan.
In that deal, the SPLM and the north’s governing party, the NCP, agreed to work for unity.
But a senior...
