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My talk from the Surprising Africa event at PICNIC 08. Focuses on the rise of citizen media in Africa and the importance of citizen journalism in the Kenyan election crisis.
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CERN web page in 1990
1995 - Geocities and Tripod: Personal Homepages
1997 - weblogs
diaspora
expat/aid workers
digital divides - technical, language, relevance
power divide
connectivity divide
relevancy divide
December 2007-March 2008Disputed electionWidespread protestEthnic violenceJoint government
SMS used to spread ethnic hatred.1700 instigators identified - no prosecution.
Most popular forum closed down due to ethnic violence
Citizen reportingvia blogs.
ConcernedKenyan Writers
Support from the diaspora via alternative remittance
inputradio plus internet
Interactive Radio for Justicefeaturing DRC deputy minister for defense,head of military operations for MONUC
mobile + radio
mobile + newspapers
mobile + international news
beyond news
beyond the phone,beyond the computer
REPACTED - Nakuru
Diana Camia withBaby Kamba
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