About Alice Backer
My name is Alice Backer. I am founder and team leader of GV Lingua, which amplifies Global Voices in languages other than English. I used to be Francophonia Editor. I was once an editor of New York University School of Law's Review of Law & Social Change. See my Big Apple flavored Haitian and Caribbean musings at kiskeyAcity. Oh and yes I am a lawyer person.
Latest posts by Alice Backer
Stories
March 20th, 2007
Global Voices en Français Celebrates Journée Mondiale de la Francophonie
March 19th, 2007
Senegal Army: Face of Luxury, Back of Misery
March 16th, 2007
Americas
Anticipating Chavez's upcoming visit to Haiti, Roody Edme writes [Fr]: “His arrival requires an apt diplomatic dance… The recent American decision to list the country as a nation that might possibly benefit from the ethanol project echoes Caracas' decision to make us benefit from the Petro-Caribe clause … While we want to avoid always hiding in “American skirts”, we also should not act like rebellious children. “
March 15th, 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa
Le Renouveau Congolais posts pictures [fr] of UDPS Belux's (Belgium-Luxemburg branch) celebration of the party's 25th Anniversary. UDPS is the main DRC opposition party.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroonian Sanaga Peregrinations writes [Fr] of Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Purple Hibiscus: “Important questions are raised in this book, between respect of tradition and conformity to christian teachings, does the fight against sin justify damnation on earth through corporal punishment?”
March 14th, 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa
Le Pangolin posts [Fr] a press release by the Syndicate of Information and Communication Professionals of Senegal stating that a recent Reporters Without Borders report on the Senegalese elections was “selective” in its interest and “approximative”. The report goes on to say that the RSF report used “nebulous methodology” and “abusive generalizations”.
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