Tribe.net. Local Connections John http://Africatrip.tribe.net/thread/9ec15aa3-6169-4999-9645-6e0d02c050a2#3d746040-a18a-4077-985e-c676b3b709b8 2006-06-14T06:18:20Z 2006-06-14T06:18:20Z

My favorite is the Play Pump. Thanks for reading, and if you think of something that should get on the AfriGadget blog besure to send them a link.

John 2006-06-14T06:18:20Z Killa Cham http://Africatrip.tribe.net/thread/9ec15aa3-6169-4999-9645-6e0d02c050a2#f9671c14-cb19-4978-bf08-f13eafbf3465 2006-06-14T05:18:22Z 2006-06-14T05:18:22Z

however the funniest thing is the Tusker bottle cap

Killa Cham 2006-06-14T05:18:22Z Killa Cham http://Africatrip.tribe.net/thread/9ec15aa3-6169-4999-9645-6e0d02c050a2#e7c14799-371e-4a5e-a9bd-d6b709dfb90f 2006-06-14T05:16:47Z 2006-06-14T05:16:47Z

sonds pretty cool. I love empowerment

Killa Cham 2006-06-14T05:16:47Z John http://Africatrip.tribe.net/thread/9ec15aa3-6169-4999-9645-6e0d02c050a2#9ddca61f-8f4e-4f2c-bb00-0a2a4770392a 2006-06-09T05:10:49Z 2006-06-09T05:10:49Z

Ethan Zuckerman's blog My Heart's in Accra is wonderful. Recently he did a post which was a presentation at Netsquared on Advocay and Citizen Journalism http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816 It wasn't the main point of the post, worth reading in full, but I was struck by an observation: "When we started working on Hao’s case, we were representing him, speaking on his behalf. There are situations where this is what advocates have to do - Nina can blog, while Darfuri refugees can’t. But the lesson we’ve taken from the situation is that advocacy is changing in the 21st century. It’s less about speaking on behalf of people and more about helping their voices to be heard. It’s less about speaking and more about pointing." It's so great ot have a many-to-many media! A new blog is launched called AfriGadget. I thought Evil C might be interested, and all the rest too http://www.afrigadget.com/ Of course it will only be interesting with a lot of show and tell! They put up a Flickr group too http://flickr.com/groups/afrigadget/ So if you've got pictures post them. But even better if you know people in Africa encourage them to contribute. Simple good ideas can help everyone and it can be fun too.

John 2006-06-09T05:10:49Z