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Black Looks has been given permission to publish the remarkable story of Stephanie Adaralegbe, a transgendered Nigerian, that highlights her trials and tribulations as she prepares to attend the XVI International AIDS Conference. As Black Looks says, ”the story speaks for itself. It is special because [...]
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Now and again, the question ‘where are African women bloggers?’ is asked by people who, despite the proliferation of African women’s blogs and the weekly updates on Global Voices, do not seem to be aware that African women are blogging and have been doing so for several years.
For people such [...]
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We begin this roundup with a very cute video by the GV swahili bridge-blogger Ndesanjo, he shares this video in his post on Video blogging. It is of a young boy playing Bob Marley Songs like ‘Get up, Stand up’. He will be doing a swahili series giving step by step instructions [...]
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African women have been blogging about the important Kenyan Sexual Offences Bill which members of parliament are currently deliberating. The bill seeks seeks tougher penalties against rape and has been raising heated debate both within and outside the blogsphere.
On her blog Afrofeminsta has been providing updates on the [...]
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Fleur writes about the harrowing case of 7 soldiers sentenced to life for rape and crime against humanity for the rape of 119 underage girls in Congo. The government of Congo has also admitted partial responsibility and financially compensated the family of the victims. Fleur says
….it sends an important and [...]
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Virtual cartwheels are perhaps our only last recourse as apparently African women are (still) invisible.
Black Looks writes about an recent article in the Guardian where the founder of the Carnival of Feminists cannot find our blogs. In a post entitled Aint I a Woman???, Black Looks says:
That’s [...]
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After the kenyan government raid on standard newspaper early this month, (Something that was covered by MSM around the world), there was talk in Kenya of mercenaries operating in Kenya. Nationmedia (free subscription) had an interview with one of the Artur brothers. The mystery of their involvement can be confusing. [...]
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In the followup to the government sanctioned raid on the standard newspaper on thursday March 2nd, kenyan blogger/journalist John Kamau gives a detailed piece showing John Michuki’s background, thus giving a more in depth look at the man who defended the government over the attack. He notes,
A man who joined the civil [...]
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Image courtesy of White African
This week has Kenyan bloggers writing about diverse topics, let us start with sports
White African reminisces about rugby in Kenyan High schools , generating about 20 comments, that is how passionate Kenyan’s can be about rugby.
Kenya Cricket has an excellent play by play rundown [...]
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Several African women have written about the recent passing away of Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King. In tribute, L.W. says her ‘thoughts on the life and death of this great woman’ are much too vast and complex than can be articulated or captured on her [...]