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17 May 2012

Lesotho: 2012 General Election Date Set

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Elections, Politics

Lesotho will hold general elections on 26 May, against a backdrop of political violence. The Lesotho Political Parties Leadership Forum claims that there is a “hit squad” that has been assigned to kill prominent people ahead of the general elections.

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6 January 2010

South Africa: A glowing tribute to Dennis Brutus

Written by Njeri Wangari · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

The News of the death of Dennis Brutus came as a rude shock to many, not just in South Africa but to the world at large who knew him for his poetry and activism against the Apartheid system in South Africa in the 1960s and his fight for social justice throughout his life.

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11 June 2009

African photographers, writers and artists find their voice in blogs

Written by Njeri Wangari · Blogger Profiles

As more Africans come to realize the power of blogging as a tool for expression on a global scale, the number of bloggers has increased and so has the themes in focus. In that number of growing blogs, a lot of African artists have also joined in with a huge increase noted in poetry blogs as well as emerging photography and visual arts blogs. We review some of them.

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10 October 2008

XDR-TB: Photographer Brings Emerging Disease Into Focus

Written by Juhie Bhatia · Arts & Culture, Health

In 2007 renowned war photographer and photojournalist James Nachtwey received a TED Prize, granting him $100,000 and one wish to change the world. Nachtwey's wish was to share a vital...

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18 July 2008

Nelson Mandela, 90 years

Written by Paula Góes · Arts & Culture, History

Nelson Mandela is 90 years old today and the celebrations have crossed the borders of South Africa to make the world sing happy birthday and clap hands together. Join the celebrations with this round up of many happy returns from the African continent.

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18 May 2007

Africa: Blog This Poem!

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Arts & Culture, Literature

The African blogosphere is rapidly expanding, bringing more voices online in the form of commentaries, opinions, analyses, rants...and poetry. Blogs have created a new space for African poets to share their creative and imaginative works with a wider audience. Today, I will introduce you to a few poems written by African bloggers.

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21 July 2006

French-Speaking Bloggers on Rabat Conference on Migration

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Development

What Will the Conference Bring? Says France-based African blogger Le Pangolin, Du 10 au 11 juillet 2006, s'est tenue à Rabat au Maroc, la première rencontre interministérielle euro-africaine sur les...

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2 July 2006

Africa: Is Homosexuality a Religion?

Written by Alice Backer · Law, Gay Rights (LGBT)

France-based Togolese Blogger Kangni Alem reflected on homosexuality in Africa recently. Namely, he tackled claims by some on the continent that homosexuality is a heretic religion. In the process, he...

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28 June 2006

Why No Mention of Slavery in African and Haitian Fiction?

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, History

Why is there so little mention of slavery in African and Haitian Fiction? That is the question that Togolese France-based blogger Kangni Alem addresses in a prolific and well-thought out...

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4 June 2006

Latest in the Francophone African Blogosphere

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Arts & Culture

PAN-AFRICAN For the United States of Africa Le Pangolin is fervently advocating for the dissolution of the current borders that separate African countries and that, he believes, weaken each individual...

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Updates about Lesotho

17 May 2012

English

Touching Tiny Lives works to mitigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on the most vulnerable infants and children under age five by supporting their health, nutritional, developmental, and emotional needs in Lesotho.

• Ndesanjo Macha

31 July 2011

English

Watch a video of Episode 4 of Discover Lesotho: “In this episode of Discover Lesotho Palesa takes us to the Liphofung Caves of Butha-Buthe guided by Mohau. This place is one of Lesotho’s smallest but most intriguing national heritage sites. You can learn about the San people that have stayed in the caves and what the cave paintings mean.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 January 2011

English

Sue blogs about her visit to a school in Lesotho called Leseli (the light) begun by Kieke Van der Zwaal. Leseli School started in Kieke’s gara

• Ndesanjo Macha

1 November 2010

English

Maseru Men is a poem by Rethabile. Maseru is the capital of Lesotho: “Between lamp and moon tonight/you come striding in, and watch me/pull out maps, books we lived on/and which I am now discarding/for good, photos in envelopes/shut against the weary heart.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

1 October 2008

English

Andrew is trying to create his own electricity in Lesotho: “To bring real electricity we needed bigger 12v batteries. I got one, and the priest has one. The batteries are nice, but my little solar panel is just too small to give them a good charge. That is why we are now trying different methods of creating our own electricity. The priest had the generator which when turned puts out electricity.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

19 February 2008

Updates

Black Looks opinions about missionary healers in Lesotho: “The clip shows Basotho being healed miraculously. The clip shows the visitors, the healers, through the grace of God, giving sick Basotho their sight back, their legs, their hearing. And it shows the healers insisting that the healees have now been forgiven and saved. I do not disbelieve in miraculous healing. I have been touched by it. But I disbelieve healers…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 December 2007

Updates

Black Looks discusses the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa: “But I was quickly disappointed by the article, even if it spoke some truths that I would agree with. Shunning promiscuity is one of those. But the author also says things like, “since the condom is about safe sex and safe sinning,” it cannot be Jesus’ approach. Now, I don’t know if it would be Jesus’ approach — my worry lies in the fact that the author thinks condoms are for sinning.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

11 June 2007

Updates

Following the explosion in Nairobi today, Thinkers Room discusses the double edged of personal media: Today has just illustrated the double edged nature of pervasive communication like blogs, email and text messaging. There is no doubt that these platforms are powerful tools for communicating information. There is also no doubt that they are powerful tools for spreading disinformation. The rumours and innuendo that have gotten to me have left me speechless. Some of the accounts have received indicate hundreds dead and the whole block leveled. Blame has been laid at the doors of Al Qaeda, clumsily detonated grenades, Mungiki, time bombs, electronically detonated bombs and mobile phone detonated bombs.

• Ndesanjo Macha

24 April 2007

Updates

Fade Out blogs about election dispute in Lesotho over Proportional Representation (PR) system: “The Public Eye has a second story here, which says absolutely nothing… However it seems that all sides are firm in their commitment to resolve this issue peacefully.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

27 February 2007

Updates

Idland blogs about election results in Lesotho:
It is disturbingly impressive to read how Lesotho's two major political parties have exploited the electoral rules to earn themselves about a third more seats in parliament than they were due.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Comments on "Lesotho"

Africa: Blog This Poem!

wow wat a beautiful poem
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