Comments on: Advance critique of the Indaba http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/09/11/advance-critique-of-the-indaba/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Stopforth » The 2006 Digital Citizens Indaba on Blogging - My Take http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/09/11/advance-critique-of-the-indaba/comment-page-1/#comment-63121 Mike Stopforth » The 2006 Digital Citizens Indaba on Blogging - My Take Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:02:42 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=971#comment-63121 [...] b. There had been much criticism of the event leading up the start of the event. [...] [...] b. There had been much criticism of the event leading up the start of the event. [...]

]]> By: Jikomboe » Digital Indaba imeleta balaa - 2 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/09/11/advance-critique-of-the-indaba/comment-page-1/#comment-62397 Jikomboe » Digital Indaba imeleta balaa - 2 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:52:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=971#comment-62397 [...] Haya, kuendeleza mjadala yupo yule mwanablogu ambaye wanablogu wa Kenya hupenda kumuita “baba” wa blogu za Kenya, Mental Acrobatics. Ameingilia mjadala huu kwa staili ya aina yake. Yeye anasema mzozo mkubwa sio kuhusu waalikwa...bonyeza hapa usome. Halafu, Ethan Zuckerman naye ameamua kutoa ufafanuzi zaidi kuhusu mkutano huu. Bonyeza hapa. Pia Sokari Ekine hajabaki nyuma. Anasema: White Blogging Africa. Msome hapa.   [...] [...] Haya, kuendeleza mjadala yupo yule mwanablogu ambaye wanablogu wa Kenya hupenda kumuita “baba” wa blogu za Kenya, Mental Acrobatics. Ameingilia mjadala huu kwa staili ya aina yake. Yeye anasema mzozo mkubwa sio kuhusu waalikwa…bonyeza hapa usome. Halafu, Ethan Zuckerman naye ameamua kutoa ufafanuzi zaidi kuhusu mkutano huu. Bonyeza hapa. Pia Sokari Ekine hajabaki nyuma. Anasema: White Blogging Africa. Msome hapa.   [...]

]]> By: Jikomboe » Digital Indaba imeleta balaa kama Mesenja… http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/09/11/advance-critique-of-the-indaba/comment-page-1/#comment-62272 Jikomboe » Digital Indaba imeleta balaa kama Mesenja… Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:16:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=971#comment-62272 [...] Haya, kuendeleza mjadala yupo yule mwanablogu ambaye wanablogu wa Kenya hupenda kumuita “baba” wa blogu za Kenya,  Mental Acrobatics. Ameingilia mjadala huu kwa staili ya aina yake. Yeye anasema mzozo mkubwa sio kuhusu waalikwa...bonyeza hapa usome. Halafu, Ethan Zuckerman naye ameamua kutoa ufafanuzi zaidi kuhusu mkutano huu. Bonyeza hapa. [...] [...] Haya, kuendeleza mjadala yupo yule mwanablogu ambaye wanablogu wa Kenya hupenda kumuita “baba” wa blogu za Kenya,  Mental Acrobatics. Ameingilia mjadala huu kwa staili ya aina yake. Yeye anasema mzozo mkubwa sio kuhusu waalikwa…bonyeza hapa usome. Halafu, Ethan Zuckerman naye ameamua kutoa ufafanuzi zaidi kuhusu mkutano huu. Bonyeza hapa. [...]

]]> By: Abdurahman http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/09/11/advance-critique-of-the-indaba/comment-page-1/#comment-62058 Abdurahman Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:10:05 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=971#comment-62058 I thought the event was for bloggers only, but it seems to be for NGOs as well. It will be cynical to think the organizers had racial motives in speaker selection. The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4670744.stm" rel="nofollow">humanitarian community had this the white vs. black debate</a> and continues to, and I've to say it had merits at times. But blogging is different, black Africans are well represented in the blogsphere unlike the humanitarian community, after all it’s easier to setup a blog. Besides north Africans can be making the same argument – there are not black or white. It’s good to continue to talk about the African blogsphere as an entity and discuss such a tricky issues. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, looking forward to your updates on the conference. I thought the event was for bloggers only, but it seems to be for NGOs as well. It will be cynical to think the organizers had racial motives in speaker selection.

The humanitarian community had this the white vs. black debate and continues to, and I’ve to say it had merits at times. But blogging is different, black Africans are well represented in the blogsphere unlike the humanitarian community, after all it’s easier to setup a blog. Besides north Africans can be making the same argument – there are not black or white. It’s good to continue to talk about the African blogsphere as an entity and discuss such a tricky issues.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, looking forward to your updates on the conference.

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