I've blogged for 3 years throughout my stay in East Africa. In average I have about 50 daily visits to my blog - the majority of my readers are from USA, Europe and Africa. In 2006 my blog was chosen as Ugandan Blog of the Year, and in March 2008 I was heavily criticized for not displaying the 'right picture' of Africa. I learnt that people have a million different opinions on Africa, and that the image of Africa in European media often doesn't correspond with the one of the Africans. Hence, I t...
The UK Guardian is reporting that the second day of the UN Copenhagen climate summit erupted in even more controversy today after developing countries reacted angrily to documents that were leaked showing world leaders will be asked to sign an...
#1 Moroho - the South African version of 'sukuma wiki' - greens.
#2 Woman waiting for transport.
#3 Tapes for sale. No matter where you go in Africa: tapes!
#4 Gold caps for front teeth. I watched while a 14-15 year old teenager got one...
Today I spent the day in Soweto, most of the time at Tshebedisano Primary School in Pimville, where the NGO Grassroot Soccer has arranged a week full of football and education on HIV/AIDS for about 100 pupils.
The daily programme is mixed between...
I'm in Johannesburg for the next two weeks, visiting friends, but also working on a set of articles and photography for a Danish youth magazine dealing with South African youth and the upcoming 2010 FIFA world cup.
I find it rather ironic that...
