Jennifer Brea
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I am a first-year graduate student studying political economy at Harvard. I blog commentary on African politics (and now, frequently, the everything of everywhere) at Africabeat and photographs at my Flickr photostream.
Latest posts by Jennifer Brea
2 December 2008
Cote d'Ivoire
Congratulations Blog de Yoro[Fr], winner of the 2008 BOB award for Best Francophone Blog.
25 November 2008
Martinique
le blog de [moi] writes about the launch of a new, daily news website for the French Antilles[fr], featuring the latest from Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyane: “What joy! Yes, pure and simple joy, because it was really ridiculous not to use [the internet] at a time when everything is going digital, if only for the Antilles Diaspora spread all over the planet. A big “AT LAST!'”
Burkina Faso
According to new official statistics, Burkina Faso's population is growing [Fr] at an annual rate of 3.1%. Quophybloguer writes [Fr]: “Will the government have the courage to officially limit births in this country, where wrongly or rightly it is believed that children are also a ‘wealth'?”
D.R. of Congo
Cedric Kalonji writes about the tragic shooting death of Didace Namujimbo [Fr], the second Radio Okapi journalist to be murdered in Bukavu: “After learning this news, I was torn between pain, sadness and anger. I asked myself how a democracy can last in a country so visibly allergic to independent, professional journalists. Must we leave Congo only in the hands of the strong men, those who are armed?”
20 November 2008
Cameroon
A week after the 10 hostages (including 8 foreign nationals) kidnapped by the Bakassi Freedom Fighters were exchanged for the release of 13 prisoners, Cameroonian blogger Le blog du Prési wonders what a hostage is worth. ”I don't mean ‘what does a hostage cost?'”, he writes. “Even though these would be the worst criminals, are their lives so futile that they can be exchanged for those of other human beings? At the very least, on this path, Cameroon is redefining the rule of clemency, liberating prisoners under duress, and at the same time exposing the victims of these prisoners to their terrorizers.”
8 November 2008
Uganda
November is nsenene season around Lake Victoria and the locusts are scrumptious!
Zambia
percymwale raises doubts about the freeness and fairness of Zambia's recent presidential elections.
D.R. of Congo
Stood in the Congo: “Now Obama has won, many American women will come here to try and make the next President.”
==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance...