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Pabmazuka News is a terrific resource for Pan African news with a social justice slant. They recently won an award (scroll down) and can be viewed online here. I lifted their ‘About Us’ as well as info about the award.
The ‘About Us’:
‘Pambazuka’ in Kiswahili means the dawn or to arise as a verb
Pambazuka News is produced by a pan-African community of some 300 citizens and organisations – academics, policy makers, social activists, women’s organisations, civil society organisations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators who together produce insightful, sharp and thoughtful analyses and make it one of the largest and most innovative and influential web forums for social justice in Africa.
Pambazuka News also publishes podcasts, videocasts and books.
Pambazuka News has won a number of international awards, and has been voted one of the ‘Top 10 sites that are changing the world of internet and politics’ three years running – 2005, 2006, 2007 – in a competition organised by PoliticsOnline and the World E-Gov Forum.
Award Info:
Pambazuka News has been voted the top website for 2008 in the annual ‘Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics’ award organised by PoliticsOnline and eDemocracy Forum.
This is the fourth year running that Pambazuka News has been voted onto the shortlist, where it is once again the only Africa-related website. Pambazuka News is described by PoliticsOnline as‘..a pan-African community of over 1000 citizens – academics, social activists, women’s organizations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators who together produce insightful and thoughtful analyses that make it the most innovative and influential sites for social justice in Africa… Pambazuka has become the source of authentic voices of Africa’s social analysts and activists.‘
With thanks to all those who voted for us,
Editors
Pambazuka News
