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3 April 2007

African Path: Weaving Tales of Africa's Past, Present and Future

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Technology, Media & Journalism

African Path is one of the most exciting African citizen media projects. It is an online platform whose content comes from bloggers, readers, artists, and specialists. It also aggregates news...

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14 January 2007

French Speaking Blogs of the Caribbean, Africa and Oceania in 2006

Written by Alice Backer · Technology, Politics

Logo of the Madagascar Blogger's Meeting that took place January 5-6, 2007 in Antananarivo. By and large French speaking blogs and bloggers of the world have reason to envy English,...

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16 September 2006

Togo: The EU's Wait-and-See

Written by Alice Backer · International Relations, Politics

Flag of Togo, World Cup 2006. By Currybet. Occasionally, daily links do not do important posts justice. Togo's blogosphere is not crowded enough to feature intense debate between bloggers but...

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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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25 June 2006

Latest in French-Speaking African and Indian Ocean Blogs

Written by Alice Backer · Arts & Culture, Elections

PAN-AFRICAN Homosexuality in Africa Not a Myth France-based Togolese blogger Kangni Alem reflects on a homophobic movement in Cameroon that sees homosexuality as a suspect new “religion” and concludes: Evidence...

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20 June 2006

Musique Africaine

Written by Obi · Arts & Culture, Music

The Global football festival that is the World Cup. The best so far I've witnessed with a genuine feelgood atmosphere and a lot of goals. With Ghana the strongest African...

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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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22 May 2006

Francophone Africa: Bloggers On Colonialism's Enduring Influence

Written by Jennifer Brea · History, Human Rights

In recent weeks, several Francophone African bloggers have grappled with their countries' colonial legacies and the power history has to shape the present and the future. For them, independence is...

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Updates about Togo

26 March 2010

1 March 2010

French

You can follow citizens' comments, opinions and reports on elections in Togo through African Elections Project blogs.

• Ndesanjo Macha

French

African Elections Project is twittering the upcoming elections in Togo.

• Ndesanjo Macha

1 June 2009

French

revedafrique, during a trip home to his village in Togo, was disappointed by the democratic spirit of the youth: “Some still believe, for example, that criticizing the government's policies can land you in prison” [Fr]

• Jennifer Brea

15 August 2008

Breaking News

Yikpa-Au Village celebrates Togo's first-ever Olympic medal [Fr]. Benjamin Boukpeti won the bronze metal earlier this week in the men's single kayak slalom. “I never thought I would see this in my lifetime. This is truly sensational!!!! Congratulations Benjamin.”

• Jennifer Brea

17 June 2008

French

Kangi Alem writes of Togolese singer Vanessa Worou [Fr]: “at times a little reminiscent of [Angelique] Kidjo, but on the whole, confidently sung and with a simple, effective orchestration.”

• Jennifer Brea

13 June 2008

14 May 2008

12 March 2008

7 January 2008

Updates

Hayspiration discusses ICTs and development in Africa: “For the developing countries to put themselves in the map of the world and turn themselves into countries with quality citizens there is a need to employ the integration of ICT into their day to day life.”

• Ndesanjo Macha