Picture of the Day: Blackboard Blogger in Liberia

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Alfred Sirleaf is an analog blogger. He runs the “Daily News”, a news hut by the side of a major road in the middle of Monrovia. He started it a number of years ago, stating that he wanted to get news into the hands of those who couldn’t afford newspapers, in the language that they could understand.

This picture, I found on Afrigadget, a blog about low tech solutions for every day challenges in Africa. A blog that always gives me hope.

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3 comments:

Voegtli 14 March, 2009 05:45  

Even though yesterday, the CERN in Geneva celebrated the 20th anniversary of the "start" of internet, I am pleased to see that some people use "traditional" means to pass the word.

Peter 14 March, 2009 16:34  

@Peter:

And I am sure they have less struggles with technology than we have! ;-)

Anonymous,  09 September, 2009 21:10  

And I am sure they would give anything to trade their struggles for what you consider technological struggles.

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