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Maneno - A blogging system for Africans
Maneno - Swahili meaning ‘words’.
Maneno is a new multi-lingual, lightweight blogging platform for sub-Saharan African bloggers.
The platform is based on a lightweight framework which allows those with limited or narrow-bandwidth internet to access and contribute to the site easily and quickly. Maneno is committed to all African bloggers and therefore is available in English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Portuguese [...]
Seeing Beyond Stereotypes
I read a satirical essay today titled ‘How To Write About Africa‘.
I stumbled upon the article by Binyavanga Wainaina, which is published by Granta, having typed the word ‘Africa’ into Google.
The article begins by saying that the title should always include either ‘Africa’, ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’. This is so very true.
Now I don’t have a [...]
