Here are ten blogs that are either based in Africa or written by Africans (in many cases both). All of these are well worth a visit. Have fun! If you’d like to recommend more African blogs, add their addresses in the comments.

Africa Blog
Cathy Buckle
Aderemi’s Notebook
Ethan Zuckerman
A Taste of Africa
Uganisha
Nehanda Dreams
Kenyan Pundit
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An Englishman, A Scotsman, and an Irishman go into a pub, and each orders a Guinness ( Read more... )

Where did the water on Mars come from? A difficult question to answer because it turns out that we’re not at all sure where the water on Earth came from.

A correlation between the establishment of casinos and a doubling in personal bankruptcy filings in the surrounding area ( Read more... )

You’ve doubtless heard of the Teapot Dome Scandal. Well, we Brits have our own version. At least there’s no crumpet involved. Credit to Tom Watson, the Member of Parliament who blew the whistle on this perfidy.

Courtesy of Waving at Myself, I just found this remarkably intriguing site.

Well, this should be interesting. We’re going to have an election that’s largely about the economy fought between two contestants neither one of whom seems to know anything at all about economics ( Read more... )

If you link to me, email me at gclester@excite .com and I will link back to almost any blog (no nudity, hate, illegality though), whether you agree with my views or not. However, you must let me know that you have linked because I do not track my traffic.

My Limericks . . . Stephen Pollard . . . Doggerel Pundit . . . 2 Blowhards ( Read more... )

Some fascinating articles from the Guardian. This could be a major scandal:

Are the Americans Bugging the UN?

Are the British bugging the UN?

Is the UN bugging the UN? According to
this article, the British, the Americans, the Russians, the French, the Canadians, the Australians, and even New Zealand, are all at it ( Read more... )

Here’s a cute idea. Check out the Hype Gallery, which displays artworks emailed in from all over the world.

Ever wanted to write a book? This site will give you a short but not so sweet introduction to the realities of the publishing industry.

Need a logo? Here’s an excellent primer on how to design one ( Read more... )

The British are winning the space race thanks to two resourceful individuals who have apparently collected more of yer actual chunks of yer actual Mars than they know what to do with. And all for about a millionth of the price of the NASA program.

The controversy over Vitamin E continues to rage. A recent study suggests that taking Vitamin E ( Read more... )