Tag Archive: AfricaBlogging

Zimbabwe After the “Coup”: Hope, Freedom of Speech, Open for Business

This is a tale from the recently concluded Africa Blogging 2018 workshop held in Harare,  Zimbabwe. Landing in Harare, Zimbabwe´s capital was supposed to...

The Gory and Glorious History of Gorée Island

“Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity” – Patrice Lumumba...

Gorée Island: From Slavery To The Promotion Of Reconciliation

It is a famous, or is it infamous, island which is well known for slavery, death, human suffering, sexual exploitation and inhuman behaviour. Gorée Island...

Goree Island

Since South African Airways dropped Dakar as their regular refueling stop, getting to Goree Island (a fifteen-minute ferry ride off Dakar’s coast) can be...

Ungovernables from the subcontinent, busy in Berlin

I returned Friday 6 May,  from a week in Berlin, which I can highly recommend for those of you who haven’t visited. While I...