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Lesotho: technology and democracy

Monday, April 17th, 2006 @ 05:51 UTC

by Sokari Ekine

Countries:: Lesotho
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms, Politics

Sotho writes on democracy and technology and asks “Imagine Steve Biko blogging”?.
Would we have been indifferent? Judging by the number of people who frequent popular blogs, I doubt it. More of us would have listened more intently. And perhaps more of us would have done something.

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