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Why I Blog About Africa

{ Posted on Dec 03 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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A new meme is making the rounds in the African francophone blogopshere and is now gradually spreading through the anglophone zone. It was begun by Théo Kouamouo, a blogger based in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). Théo asked bloggers to ...Read More »

Cameroon “Gets” Renewable Energy

{ Posted on Nov 17 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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This is a follow-up photo post to my previous entry How to Light An African Village. I’m enthusiastic about the innovations my housemates from Green Step observed in their recent foray into the village, so I wanted to highlight ...Read More »

Pods and Blogs on BBC Radio

{ Posted on Oct 23 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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I received an email yesterday from Jamillah Knowles, host of the Pods and Blogs show on BBC Radio 5 Live, mere hours after I posted Roland Boula’s story “Podcasting the Blues From Cameroon”. She asked if we might ...Read More »

Podcasting the Blues From Cameroon

{ Posted on Oct 22 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Last April I blogged about Roland Boula (see the “Blues Scholar”) and his solitary existence as the caretaker of Madison Park, a small beach resort outside of Limbe. Roland has remained one of my closest and most trusted friends ...Read More »