Afrikaner Human Blood
Current state of affairs: Wanna get some attention? Wanna get people talking about something? Simple. Make a shocking video and upload it on YouTube. And watch it spread through cyber space like a...
View ArticleNasaha za Hayati Salim Ali Kibao juu ya Kiswahili
Je wafahamu maneno asilia ya Kiswahili ambayo ni mbadala ya haya: damu, maiti, harusi, karibu, tafadhali? Ukiombwa utaje neno la Kiswahili lenye kumaanisha vinyweleo vilivyomo chini ya midomo ya...
View ArticleDar es Salaam ni Sisi
Naziru Ndimu, mkazi wa Mburahati, anatupa picha halisi ya mambo au shughuli mbalimbali zinazoendelea kila kukicha. Labda wengine tunapita tu mara moja moja sehemu husika, wengine tunapasikia tu,...
View ArticleAlfred’s Free Press
A film by David Lale Text and program from Al Jazeera | 30th April 2012 In Liberia, a country where radios and televisions are luxuries most people cannot afford, one enterprising journalist has found...
View ArticleMimi ni mtumishi wa Umma!
The “Tuwachore Tu” animated series is a collaboration between the cartoonist Masoud Kipanya and the organization Hivos Twaweza. In this particular clip (uploaded by Twaweza on 30th April 2012), a civil...
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Infographic: Ubiquity and opportunity
We recently came across this infographic by the World Bank on recent trends in the growth of mobile technology use. Click to enlarge or download in a new tab. Thanks to @WorldBank via @ShafAbji and...
View ArticleTaksi na Mashindano ya Olimpiki
Ujasiriamali huhitaji ubunifu, hasa katika dunia ya leo, ili kuweza kufanikiwa. Katika dunia ya leo yenye changamoto nyingi, ubunifu husaidia kutatua matatizo ya jamii kwa kufanya mabadiliko kidogo na...
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Aniflostandards Ltd: A business to improve lives and give back to the community
Anita, Florence with some employees The company Aniflostandards Ltd is the brainchild of two recently-graduated college students determined to use their creativity and entrepreneurship skills to...
View ArticleRegional Integration Is Inevitable: Two Things Can Derail It
As the United States picks up the pieces from Hurricane Sandy one thing we should take note in this part of the world is not how the authorities and people responded to the hurricane, which in many...
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Kigali fashion week closes in style
Young and talented models at the prestigious fashion show Kigali Fashion Week, a week creative designers from various parts of the world showcase their amazing work, closed last Friday night at...
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Introducing Woman Scream 2013
By La Poetista Every year women poets and artists around the world in the month of March join their hands, words, and talents, in creating gatherings in their communities to raise their voices to fight...
View ArticleIn The Congo
Ndugu Zavara, one of Bongo Hip Hop pioneers and founders of Kwanza Unit, taps into the war “In The Congo”, and taps it in style as seen in the music video. The song highlights the issues of the ongoing...
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Five questions with the “Shoeshine” director
About two years ago, we asked a young film maker about his aspirations of making film in Tanzania. Since then, Amil Shivji has completed his studies and started Kijiweni Productions. His latest work,...
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Uncle Bob
Robert Mugabe has won the election, yay – awkward, really people. Rumor has it, at the victory party, Drake’s song was on repeat. If this at all is true, then that must have been one funny party....
View ArticlePictures: 16 Days of Activism against GBV
This year's theme: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!
View ArticleWoman Scream in Tanzania 2014
Women Scream Tanzania - a poetry festival fighting violence against women - happens at the Goethe Institut in Dar on 28th March 2014 from 7pm.
View ArticleFive questions with Ng’ang’a Muchiri
"We need systems of governance that take into account community input regarding any major development sponsored by the state."
View ArticleTonight: Daughters of Salaam
La Poetista presents: Exclusive poetry performance against violence.
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