Comments on: Roundup: Africans on Live 8

By: Mohamed Hersi

Mohamed Hersi — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:05:48 +0000

Dear Sirs,

AS AN AFRICAN I THINK ITS TIME TO TELL THE US THAT THEY ARE RUNNING TO BE SOME SORT OF BACKED ARMY OF ETHIOPIA.IT
MEANS WHENEVER YOU SEE A COUNTRY READY TO HEAT ANYTHING WITHOUT FACT IS VERY MUCH AN UNFORTUNE MATTER.I SEE USA
THINKING THAT THEY ARE USING ETHIOPIA.LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT ANGLE YOU WILL SEE ETHIOPIA THINKING EVERYWHERE
IN AFRICA BELONGS TO IT NOT USA.I SEEMS US POLICY IS VERY
STRANGE,CAN’T THEY SEE HOW ETHIOPIA NOW IS KILLING ITS OWN PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES FOR AFRICA IS DEMOCRACY IS NOW
DECTATORSHIP ANYONE AGAINS THE POLICY OF HIS LEADER IS NOW BLENDED TERRORIST AND STAIGHT AWAY YOU SEE AMERICAN DROPPING MILLIONS OF AMERICAN HARD EARNED US TAX PAYERS MONEY TO TORTURE INOCENT PEOPLE REQUESTING FOR FARE AND DEMOCRACTIC ELECTIONS.FARE WAELTH TO BE SPREAD AMONG NATIONS IN AFRICA.WE NOW SEE LIES OF ETHIOPIA TELLING AFRICANS YOU WANT US DOLLARS HOW MUCH COMMISSION WILL YOU
PAY ME IF I BRING THE AMERICANS TO PAY YOU.THE SECRECT WORD IS COME THROUGH ETHIOPIA YOU WILL BE TRUSTED BY US.
I WON’T TELL YOU THE SECRET WORD WHICH I JUST HAVE TO SHOUT TO THE AMERICAN{TERROR}.IT HAS BECOME THE SAME AS OPEN SE’SE’MEE AND TREASURES ARE FOUND.I HOPE AMERICANS WILL NOW SEE THE LIES.ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED JUST
FOR SAYING YOU ARE NOT WHAT WE WANT MR.MELES ZENAWI.LEAVE ETHIOPIA NOW AND LET ETHIOPIANS CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT.

I APPOLOGISE FOR MY POOR ENGLISH WRITING.

I DO LOVE AMERICA AND I’M AN AFRICAN FROM KENYA

By: Letters from China

Letters from China — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:12:20 +0000

Africa, Bob Geldof, China

Last year Ethan Zuckerman was sceptical about Live 8 and apparently in the minority. A year on, the Telegraph reconsiders the legacy of the big event and Richard Dowden, the director of the Royal African Society, was quoted as saying:Economic

By: …My heart’s in Accra » A chance to speak up - notes for my talk at the Sweet Mother conference

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:17:18 +0000

[...] I don’t mean to make this transition sound like fait acomplit. For Africans to find their voices online, there’s an enormous digital divide to close. And it’s not just one divide – it’s a set of divides: electrification, telecommunications, literacy. And it’s not enough for Africa to speak up, through blogs, podcasts, videos, photos – the North has to learn to listen up as well. We’re so used to not hearing from Africa that it’s a surprise and a shock when Africans speak up about their own issues, as so many did around the Live8 concerts. [...]

By: …My heart’s in Accra » From representing to pointing: some thoughts on the future of advocacy

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:07:38 +0000

[...] Advocacy changes when the people being represented demand to represent themselves. I had a ringside seat for an example of this during the Live8 concert series last summer. Armed with a series of rock concerts and a logo representing the African continent as an electric guitar, Bob Geldolf and friends pledged to influence G8 policy on Africa. Technorati sprang into action, aggregating blog posts tagged “live8″. Many of these posts were from Africans blogging about the concerts, and many of those posts were highly skeptical about the value of the Live 8 concerts. [...]

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:50:34 +0000

A month after, what’s your opinion?

By: Zulu

Zulu — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:28:58 +0000

For a view from a South African BLog by people that attended the Joburg concert –

http://represent.co.za/represent/post.jsp?post_id=251

Interesting.

By: otromundoesposible » Blog Archive » Live 8… algunas teorías

otromundoesposible » Blog Archive » Live 8… algunas teorías — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:31:03 +0000

[...] también. Pero esperen, ya lo probamos con Live Aid y no funcionó” Algunas de las voces más interesantes sobre este “plan” son de bloggers africanos, [...]

By: L'Indignato

L'Indignato — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:06:09 +0000

Live8: water

Click for the English Version Via Joi Ito leggo il comprensibile scetticismo in alcuni blog africani, fra cui quello di Ethan Zuckerman. Il tema

By: » Live8: Water

» Live8: Water — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:32:54 +0000

[...] Via Joi Ito leggo il comprensibile scetticismo in alcuni blog africani, fra cui quello di Ethan Zuckerman.
Il tema è complesso e [...]

By: anonymous email

anonymous email — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:26:37 +0000

Hello there, I am from Mali living in Japan.

Personally I support Live8 and all the thoughts behind this event.
However the main problem in Africa is corruption.
And this problem is not solved with liveAid or other events.
This event might even not be recoginzed in Africa itself. Which is very sad.

If you ever have the change to go to Africa, take it. You will see that we take
things very slowly and see the world with different eyes as westeners do.

Africa will be a continent one time but it needs its OWN time.

By: Lee Wilkins » Blog Archive » Live8 London: Thoughts

Lee Wilkins » Blog Archive » Live8 London: Thoughts — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:26:56 +0000

[...] gy is open for questioning” Prospect Magazine: Dangerous Pity Global Voices Online has a Roundup: Africans on Live8 There has been much, and well deserved publicity around this global [...]

By: BloggingTom

BloggingTom — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 06:48:17 +0000

Live 8 – War’s das?

Eine spezielle Stimmung hatte ich in mir, freute mich

By: Neti.Zen

Neti.Zen — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 06:26:55 +0000

LIVE8 was indeed a great event for a just cause. I particularly appreciated the declaration of ‘interdependece’ concept presented by Will Smith, as I also believe that this world needs more people who don’t think from within the limited confines of their own little worlds (like ‘wake up’ – very small world for this person !!). People should realize that we all share the responsibility of living on this planet mutually, and we must care for it and be mindful of each other as such. It is not about artifical borders or perceived differences, and the more we rid ourselves of these constructs the easier it will be to start really helping each other. Of course a single event like LIVE8 will not be a quick fix to anything, however the act of creating a popular and very widespread movement in support of a just cause – like ending poverty – is in itself a very positive step. People need reminders, and this type of ‘grand’ event makes a lasting impression. Something to think about, when you think about 3-seconds passing !!! -snap-

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Live 8.1

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Live 8.1 — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 03:40:24 +0000

[...] hat smart, opinionated Africans think about Live 8 directly from their blogs. I just did a roundup of African bloggers writing about Live 8 over at Global Voices. You may be unsurprised t [...]

By: Frausinn - der weibliche Freisinn » Make aid history.

Frausinn - der weibliche Freisinn » Make aid history. — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:21:40 +0000

[...] “>Live 8 says the moral case is clear. But is it? Interessant auch die Afrikanischen Blogs zum Thema.

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