Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Covering the Truth

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We recently received this message view the listserv for historians of Africa hosted by Michigan State University. In response to the exp...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Slacktivism to Activism

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We are hoping, through our April 12 viewing and follow-up conversation with regional experts, to help move our community from slacktivism to...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

In Uganda, Kony Is Not the Only Problem

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/opinion/in-uganda-kony-is-not-the-only-problem.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Monday, March 19, 2012

Beyond Kony

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On its new  Beyond Kony  page, the HungerSite rightly suggests that this moment be used to learn about humanitarian crises that would contin...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Another War on Ugandans

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When I set up this blog in response to the Kony 2012 video and phenomenon, my first intention was to provide access to many different point...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

On the Media

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The Kony 2012 phenomenon is, more than anything, a media phenomenon, so it was a natural subject to be covered by this week's edition of...

Human Rights Watch

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As mentioned in the Amnesty International post below, the Invisible Children campaign against Joseph Kony should lead viewers to do some re...

LRA Crisis Tracker

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The controversy surrounding the Kony 2012 video should not be allowed to obscure some of the important work that Invisible Children really ...

Amnesty International

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The recent attention to human-rights abuses in Uganda is a good reminder to do some research with NGOs that have been on the ground there fo...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Bounds of Journalism

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Today's edition of Slate features an article about the decision to retract a story from the radio program This American Life , which i...