This video outlines Aluka's efforts in 2006-2008 to digitize the Islamic manuscripts being held in Timbuktu, Mali in private libraries. The narrator is Harlan Wallach, Director of NUAMPS. The presentation…
Today, not surprisingly, I give you two songs from a joint British/Malian project. They are from Damon Albarn's project called Mali Music where he went to Mali and worked with…
This is a video I made to introduce some of our users to the African Art materials available on the Aluka platform. Some of the material itself is pretty stunning,…
Great, great cause and one that seems fully committed to pushing out the word and leveraging online support. According to their website, "Camfed is dedicated to fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS…
When I went to the eLearning Africa Conference 2008 in Accra, Ghana, we noticed Google (looking by the way, exactly what one would expect Google people to look-young, healthy and…
This is taken from the eLearning Africa 2009 website and refers to Smart Whiteboards, which are basically interactive digital whiteboards: "Initially the teachers were hesitant about using the boards, as…
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