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About Steve Sharra

21 posts · joined 2006-12-6

I am a Malawian who studies and writes about Pan-Afrikanism, Afrikan epistemology (uMunthu), the Afrikan Renaissance, and peace and social justice. I am also a student of autobiography, critical pedagogy, and critical literacy research. I am a former school teacher, freelance journalist, and educational editor. I write poetry, fiction, radio plays, and features. My blog, Afrika Aphukira (http://www.mlauzi.blogspot.com), is an optimistic expression of the theme of the African rebirth. I also follow Malawian blogs at Mlauzi' s Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mlauzi).

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December 13th, 2008

Malawi: First Web Awards & Presidential Facebookers

A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 07:33, December 13th, 2008 · Sub-Saharan Africa
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The popularity of social media in Malawi is on the rise, as shown by the first Malawian web awards taking place this month, and by both the current President of Malawi and the previous one having Facebook profiles and fan pages. 10 comments  · read »

August 12th, 2008

Malawi: Discussing development and the Olympics

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A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 12:46 · Sub-Saharan Africa
"Development" has been exercising the minds of Malawian bloggers lately. The approach has taken the form of highlighting efforts of Malawians abroad, Malawi's much touted fertilizer subsidy program, Malawi's presence at the Olympics and Chinese presence in Malawi, and a philosophical discourse on the problems that accompany the adoption of westernization as a development paradigm at the expense of tested and effective African ways. 1 comment  · read »

July 8th, 2008

Malawi: Radio Host seeks Help in Blog

A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 10:35 · Sub-Saharan Africa
An 18 month-old radio program that attracted a faithful following in Malawi is in danger of ceasing, thanks to expensive phone rates and limited bandwidth. The program's host, Malawian blogger Victor Kaonga, has made an appeal for the program to find sponsorship and be saved. 4 comments  · read »

May 19th, 2008

Malawi: To believe or not to believe rumors of a coup plot

A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 19:07 · Sub-Saharan Africa
Following Victor Kaonga's Monday May 12th breaking news post of the unusual arrests in Malawi of high ranking former and current military and police officers, as well as opposition figures, amid government accusations of a coup plot, Malawian bloggers and netizens have been reacting to the news with shock, skepticism, bewilderment, and ambivalence. 0 comments  · read »

April 21st, 2008

Malawian Bloggers Discuss The Zimbabwe Crisis

A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 14:44 · Sub-Saharan Africa
As bloggers from across Africa write about the elections crisis in Zimbabwe, Malawian bloggers join in the condemnation of the delay in releasing the election results, with at least one blogger pointing to the one-sided nature of the discussions on the causes of Zimbabwe’s economic and political problems. 5 comments  · read »

December 15th, 2007

Malawi: Innovation, the digital divide, and politicians who shun the Internet

A small portrait of the translator Steve Sharra · 13:11 · Sub-Saharan Africa
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Although we are not quite there yet, the beginning of the year 2008 will mark one year when the two Global Voices authors for Malawi, Victor Kaonga and myself, will have been writing roundups on the Malawi blogosphere. Victor and I live half a world apart, and are always in contact via email and phone. But we had never met before, until this past weekend. 3 comments  · read »
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