February 2009
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Staff Benda Bilili: Kinshasa's Wheelchair Street...
I’m glad to see the increase in press that Staff Benda Bilili has been receiving recently. There have been articles in The Times and The Independent in the last two weeks. It also makes me happy to see that a European tour is still being mentioned, even if I don’t think it will materialize in the current economic environment. In any event, the long awaited album, Très Très Fort,...
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Project H builds their first Learning Landscape in...
“Design nonprofit Project H has completed the construction of their first Learning Landscape, a playground that teaches elementary math concepts using ten interactive games. Built from reclaimed tires in a simple sandbox structure, the pilot installation was built at the Kutamba AIDS Orphans School in southern Uganda by Project H design fellows Dan Grossman and Heleen de Goey.” -...
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Africans in China: "Chocolate City" - the Other...
Two excellent reports on African immigration to China, a cross cultural phenomenon that is not widely written about. “’Chocolate City’ - Africans Seek their dreams in China” was first published in the Southern Metropolis Daily in January 2008. The English translation appeared on Fool’s Mountain last June and has generated over 100 comments and much heated debate...
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30 Great African Tech Blogs via WhiteAfrican
“Here is a list of African tech blogs that I follow. Hopefully it can be a resource, and a good place for everyone to start from when exploring the mobile, web and general tech space in Africa”
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