Anna Gueye
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I am a free-lance translator. I translate and/or review blogs for Global Voices en Français. I am a 3rd culture person who lives in the Hague (I have lived in 12 cities and 8 countries. ): o my child was born in the U.S. to a French father with Italian-Sicilian origins and a mother (me) born in Britanny to a Senegalese father and a 1/2 Senegalese mother (that cover 5 countries. As a teen-ager I grew-up in Ethiopia) o my mom was born in Guinea, my grand-father was from Guinea-Bissau. All this means that I am extremely curious.
Latest posts by Anna Gueye
27 March 2011
Benin
A few months ago, Marième Jamme asked Bono and Bob Geldof to take less prominent roles as speakers for Africa in the media and leave space for Africans to speak for themselves. Today on the Africa Rising blog, bloggers wonder where have the African personalities gone when they are actually needed to get the world's attention on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire ?
4 March 2011
Côte d'Ivoire: Facebook and Twitter, Messengers of Death
Seven women supporting elected President Alassane Ouatara were shot dead during a protest on March 3, 2011, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire by security forces loyal to incumbent President Gbagbo. As violence escalates in the country, Anna Guèye examines the role played by Facebook and Twitter.
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27 February 2011
9 February 2011
Elections
On his blog, Allain Jules [fr] reacts to fakegbagbo’s analysis [en] of the results of the presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire.
8 November 2010
Haiti
Blogger Ménilmuche [fr] reports on his blog 7ici que ça se passe that renown Haitian band Tabou Combo [fr] has begun their new tour on Saturday, Nov. 6. Their new album (in five different languages) will also debut at the end of the month. The band is also looking for a new singer as seen on their MySpace page.
I have just had some news about Iaiá, from Alcinéia. She did another jump at...