Global Voices Digest for June 29th, 2006
Global Voices Online – June 29, 2006
West Africa: Football, Science Lag and missed priorities
Ghana's World Cup football team caused no embarrassment to West African bloggers despite elimination by powerhouse, Brazil. The same can't be said for the Gambian government's spending priorities or Cameroon's technology sector, however.
Read David Ajao's West African weblog review to find out why.
Bangladesh Blog Buzz
A slice of cyberlife from Bangladesh comes our way thanks to Rezwan. Jesus in India, World Cup symbolism, blogs for South Asian business, and expanding the sense of online community are just a few of the featured topics.
What are Indian Bloggers Talking About?
Khamla Bhatt takes us all across the subcontinent: from Mumbai (recently indicted as the world's rudest city) to Lucknow (one of India's most hospitable) to a reopened pass on the Chinese border and weddings in southern Kerala. Plus, the newest Web 2.0 social software that was developed in India.
More Football and This is Nigeria
Passion is contagious and World Cup passion spreads like wildfire across the blogosphere. Here is an articulate look at Africa's exit from the tournament.
Kurdistance
56 Turkish mayors could be facing prison time for signing a letter in support of the Kurdish satellite channel, RojTV. This along with some historical photos of old Kurdistan, a fashion designer who wants to promote Kurdish culture, and a new Al-Jazeera page about the Kurds are some of the stories featured by Deborah Ann Dilley.
Why No Mention of Slavery in African and Haitian Fiction?
Alice Backer translates an interesting reflection by France-based, Togolese blogger Kangni Alem on the shared amnesia of slavery by African and Haitian authors.
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Though given less ink by the mainstream media than Mexico's Sunday election, Bolivians will also head to the polls to elect 255 constituents to an assembly responsible for rewriting the country's constitution. But it is a referendum on regional autonomy and a discussion about eliminating Roman Catholicism as the official state religion that have piqued the interest of Bolivian bloggers.
A controversial Chinese media merger, critiquing Kofi Annan's rhetoric on Sudan, wi-fi how-to for developing nations, and much more can be found in today's Global Roundups.