Was blurfing for news of the Pope’s visit to Cameroon and found a few gems from our friends in West Africa that I highly recommend.
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“Scribbles from the Den” is the blog of a journalist called Dibussi Tande. The analysis and reporting on it is quite in-depth. Even with limited knowledge of Cameroonian politics and society, I am able to enjoy it.
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“Mabi’s World” is another journalist-penned blog. Mabifo writes very well on a range of issues, most media and journalism related.
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I wish I had found the blog “Cameroon Literature in English” last year when I participated in the Africa Reading Challenge. The blog hasn’t been updated for a few months, but I found it very useful and current. Perhaps I was just surprised how much the rest of Africa is publishing and how far behind Uganda is.
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“Our Man in Cameroon” is the token expat blog. Fortunately it is not one of ‘those’ blogs that make me want to flay myself whenever I read them. It is great from an outside-in view of Cameroon.
Closer to home, Peregrine has interesting suggestions on how to reorganize Kampala. Visit his blog here for his dreams of building a subway system in the city. He’s a great substitute Kampala.ver, whose bloglife was cut short too soon.
On other dreamers , visit ICT for Uganda, a blog by a group of students with great hopes for the country.
My boss, friend and brother has also started blogging. He needs a little encouragement to really kick off. Show him some love here, will you?
Do you have any blog links you would like to share?
Happy blurfing!
