citizen media in africa

CERN web page in 1990

http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html



1995 - Geocities and Tripod: Personal Homepages

http://drgnslyr.tripod.com/



1997 - weblogs

http://web.archive.org/web/20030130172706/http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/



diaspora

http://web.archive.org/web/20040805133257/blogs.law.harvard.edu/ory/



expat/aid workers

http://sleeplessinsudan.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html



local bloggers

http://jikomboe.com

http://jikomboe.com

http://jikomboe.com

http://afrigator.com



http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/

http://globalvoicesonline.org




















































































http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/sub-saharan-africa/
























































































digital divides - technical, language, relevance

power divide

connectivity divide

language divides

http://cnblogs.com/

http://cnblogs.com/

http://cnblogs.com/

relevancy divide

December 2007-March 2008Disputed electionWidespread protestEthnic violenceJoint government

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17716242



SMS used to spread ethnic hatred.1700 instigators identified - no prosecution.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVko4ZKmoYlz7Bav0GXnBF8yIqAg



Most popular forum closed down due to ethnic violence

http://mashada.com/

http://mashada.com/

http://mashada.com/

http://ihavenotribe.com/



Citizen reportingvia blogs.

http://www.mentalacrobatics.com/think/archives/2008/01/odm_rally_3rd_jan_-_kenya_election_2007.php











































ConcernedKenyan Writers

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/opinion/06wainaina.html



Support from the diaspora via alternative remittance

http://www.mamamikes.com



http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/01/14/bloggers-for-kenya-and-hope-in-jamhuri-park/

http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/01/14/bloggers-for-kenya-and-hope-in-jamhuri-park/

http://ushahidi.com

http://ushahidi.com

http://ushahidi.com

http://unitedforafrica.co.za/



http://www.sokwanele.com/map/electionviolence

http://www.sokwanele.com/map/electionviolence

http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=806



http://dialupradio.org/



inputradio plus internet

Interactive Radio for Justicefeaturing DRC deputy minister for defense,head of military operations for MONUC

mobile + radio

mobile + newspapers

mobile + international news

beyond news

http://mendiafrica.blogspot.com/



http://mynollywood.com/



beyond the phone,beyond the computer

REPACTED - Nakuru

http://www.foko-madagascar.org/

http://www.foko-madagascar.org/

Diana Camia withBaby Kamba

http://www.zaza-vavy.org/kamba-eng/

http://www.zaza-vavy.org/kamba-eng/

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