Global Voices Online

Windy Skies with photographs and observation when in Colaba in Bombay.

Are we our blogs? The Mad Momma has an interesting post explaining her personal life in the context of her blog.

Keo bealives that the South African rugby team will beat Fiji on Sunday: “I can’t believe how many people are asking if the Boks can beat Fiji. I also can’t believe how many are getting nervous about the prospect of Argentina in the semi-finals.”

Naija to the Core celebrates Nigeria's Independence Day: “Hip Hip Hip, Hooray! - should have been the title of this post lol. So how are you all feeling? Was anyone keen enough to wear green and white to work? And what did those of you do in Nig for the public holiday? (Grrrr)”

While not celebrating Nigeria's 47th anniversary, Sokari writes about Nigeria's Speak Up Campaign: Today is Nigeria’s 47th anniversary but I am not celebrating - see below! Omodudu IS celebrating and as a member of the newly formed Nigerian Lighthouse he asked all Nigerian bloggers to write a letter to Nigeria as part of the “Speak Up Campaign”.

Africaninement writes about an African cartoonist who created the first ever e-cartoon magazine called Para-Jaka.

Ishtar warns us, “Niger is drying up“: The seasonal rivers are a thing of the past, but the seasonal “tapki” lakes will be around for good couple of months. Under the scorching sun, I was really tempted to take a dip in the water, until I saw that the color was black - not transparent as I first thought…

Burma Underground has a post from a person inside Myanmar describing the happenings after the internet block.

Yangon Thu comments on a video footage broadcast earlier today by CNN showing the violence used in crushing the protests in Myanmar.