African bloggers in the US press
Sunday, June 24th, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Shashank Bengali the African correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers has written an article on the African blogosphere for his newspaper group. An edited version of the story was carried by the Miami Herald today. Shashank also runs a blog called “Somewhere in Africa” which is full of interesting read such as this post on the blogger/skunker/techie/TEDster/nyama choma lovers/penguins* meet up on Madaraka Day3 weeks ago.
(*Ask Riyaz about the penguins)
Aside: It is hard not to laugh nervously when a professional photographer is taking your mugshot in one of your regular cyber cafes! That may (or may not) explain why I look strange in the photo!
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Entry Filed under: Africa, Blogs, KBW, Kenya, Media
5 Comments Add your own
1. hash | June 25th, 2007 at 8:26 am
You look good Daudi. I thought you owned the place for a moment actually - the way you were posing…
Good job with KBW, it’s the best African blog network around.
2. JKE | June 25th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Congratulations on this extensive coverage, Daudi!
3. Mentalacrobatics » &hellip | June 25th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
[...] it has finally happened. The amount of attention this article has been getting means that I shall forever be tied to this domain and this [...]
4. alienmist | June 27th, 2007 at 2:42 am
Well done, though I detest the word “Natives”. It has a less than pleasant history
5. David | June 29th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Africans are moving with the world…Kenyans specifically now have their own blogspot…see http://kenyanblogger.com > create a free blog!
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