February 2012
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Artslang...: 'Rose Blesse' →
artslang: Abdel Oceane Oscarine These hauntingly striking portraits are the work of fashion Photographer Eric Nehr. They chronicle his journey mainly through Cameroon and Panama, capturing the women, men and children with Albinism. This body of work began after he read the following - “… Since September, the albinos in Burundi have been the victims of a dreadful, sordid, mad hunt....
Feb 19th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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How did Rwanda cut poverty so much? →
Feb 16th
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Why I love Africa #2
When I first came to Africa, I expected the land to breathe. I expected that it would be different here. As if I had spent my life feeling the radial pulse of the earth, now I would stand by its heart. I thought that I would find that the African earth was so alive that it could not help but live. And that the people of Africa would live a transcendent life that transports them heaven-ward...
Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Why I Love Africa
I love Africa because of the colour in every aspect of life. From the body-ochre paintings in initiation festivals, to the brightly dressed women on their way to the weekly market. From the people of all shades - black, brown and white - to the rich black soils and the barrenness of the brown Sahara. From the golden yellow sunrise to the amazing sunsets. The unending green covering the...
Feb 15th
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“Life is a message – listen to it. Life is a belief – trust it. Life is a gift –...”
– Northern Sotho Proverb (South Africa) 
Feb 10th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Ushahidi
rev-es: Ushahidi is the Kenyan non-profit tech company that started crowdmap, in an  attempt to report violence in Kenya after the 2008 elections.  As an open-source project, it allows users all over the world to use the platform and adapt it to their local needs.  Since the Kenyan elections, Ushahidi and its crowmap tool have been used in: - DRCongo, to monitor unrest - Gaza, to track...
Jan 13th
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Jan 8th
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“When the music changes, so does the dance”
– Unknown
Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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December 2011
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“If you have a dream, you should take action, you should seek to implement it!”
– Patrick Awuah
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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What do AKon, Wizkid, 2face, and P Square have in... →
Konvict, Akon’s label, just signed on 2face Idibia, P Square, and Wizkid…. I cannot wait to see what happens in this coming year :)
Dec 20th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 7th
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November 2011
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FREE{the}TOWN: CP AFRICA-AFRICAN GOOGLE INTERNS... →
freethetown: Apply now for a 2012 Internship at Google Africa Share 13 Google Africa has some internship openings for ambitious African students. From the Google Africa blog: Are you an ambitious student interested in the fast-moving world of technology in Africa? This past summer, five students from African universities participated in Google’s inaugural Africa internship program in...
Nov 28th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 11th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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