On Sunday I arrived in New York at Social Good Summit for my on-stage chat with firebrand serial social entrepreneur, Magatte Wade. Needless to say, even though I knew of her, of her passion, of her…
September 2013
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The Verge is continuing to impress with its breadth of coverage, going way beyond its myopic wheelhouse of posts about gadgets. Land grabbing in Africa for bio fuels is about as far as one can get…
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Just published this morning, my first op-ed for SciDev.net about African-led development of the continent, powered by technology. The musician and activist Bono and development academics such as Bill Easterly and Paul Collier are no longer…
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Social Good Summit 2013 kicks off this weekend in NYC. This year I was invited to share the stage with Magatte Wade, the sharp tongued (her take down of Jeffrey Sachs is a must read) and…
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About 5 years ago, I waded into the international development arena, commenting from time to time on the absurdity of some of the development projects that seemed to run rampant – both in their physical manifestation…
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Spectra Speaks unloads on Mindy Budgor
September 14, 2013 Diaspora at work International Development WTF?Spectra at the Spectra Speaks blog went on a very effervescent rant yesterday over the whole Mindy Budgor debacle. I love this bit, because it resonates with my thinking on the topic of agency, cultural appropriation and…
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Voices from Maasai Women: thoughts on Mindy Bugdor’s ‘Warrior Princess’
September 13, 2013 AppearancesI have been toying with the idea of writing a full blog post in response Mindy Budgor’s ill-advised Warrior Princess book that I linked to yesterday. Partly because I got so incensed by and felt I really…
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Join our African Diaspora Facebook discussion group
September 13, 2013 Diaspora at work International DevelopmentI opened up the African Diaspora Facebook discussion group almost 2 years ago. I suppose it was a precursor to my shuttering the Project Diaspora site and blog. I am a firm believer in taking the…
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When did Maasai rites of passage become the latest cleanser for bored California girls?
September 12, 2013 WTF?I am just… I mean, I, have. no. I. Where do I begin with this piece? I am without an appropriate response to this. So I am just going to let you come to your own…
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flowserve_cowboys_luncheon_13_647, a photo by Happy Hill Farm / NCTA on Flickr. Looking forward to actually seeing a game at AT&T stadium. This mid-field big screen always scares the mess out of me.…
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