Comments on: Reunion: Actively Blogging

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » French Speaking Blogs of the Caribbean, Africa and Oceania in 2006

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:20:52 +0000

[...] Guadeloupe blogs focused more on local politics and issues of nationhood. Toto M’a Tuer’s pet issue was what he described as corrupt local governance while Convention pour une Nouvelle Guadeloupe (the blog of a political party of the same name) highlighted all dates relevant to the formation of the blog’s obsession: a Guadeloupean nation and national identity distinct from the French. Rotarian Jean-Claude Halley from Guadeloupe Attitude spent more energy on local high art, including the chronicling of the life, music and newfound popularity in France, Guadeloupe and Cuba of historical Guadeloupean figure Chevalier de St-Georges. La Reunion’s very self-aware blogosphere (complete with an aggregator and a local audience) were the topic of Global Voices article Reunion: Actively Blogging. Indeed, prolific local blogger Pierrot Dupuy explained to GV that this French overseas department has more computers per capita than continental France. Alice Backer [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Indian Ocean: Bloggers Feel Connected to the World Through Global Voices

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:06:29 +0000

[...] Likewise, the portal of La Reunion’s blogosphere, Reunion Permanente noticed a recent Global Voices story on the country’s bloggers: Mais l’évènement de cette année c’est bien évidemment les 15 min de gloire de la blogosphère réunionnaise sur le site de journalisme participatif américain globalvoices : A ne pas rater. The event of the year is obviously the 15 minutes of fame of Reunion’s blogosphere on the American participative journalism site GlobalVoices: not to be missed. Alice Backer [...]

By: Alice Backer

Alice Backer — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:56:27 +0000

Thanks Laurelen!

By: laurelen balladin

laurelen balladin — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:18:20 +0000

Hello,
Interseting point of view on the reunionese blogs. Please have a look on our two independants webmagazines : http://www.lepiratedelareunion.net and http://www.webzinemaker.com/laurelen/

We’ll be glad to have your comments on these.
Regards,
Laurelen

Le Pirate de la Reunion

By: Alice Backer

Alice Backer — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:32:36 +0000

Hi William,

Thanks for your comment. It is good to know that you and others are reading from La Reunion and find the coverage helpful. I will add your blog to my coverage list. See you on the blogosphere.

By: william

william — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:14:10 +0000

Hi,
it’s a real pleasure to see that news from my island Réunion are related by an american web site. Moreover these news from Reunion island are critical often and do not please everybody here in the island.

These kinds of blogs help you to denounciate what you feel as injustice, that is my situation, on my blog (htpp://ilereunionambition.over-blog.com) from Réunion Island I talk about my lay-off from french Education Nationale and blogs like pierrotdupuy.com or Zarabes help me to talk about it a bit wider.