Africa could fuel the world
Michael GallagherI am taking this from Appfrica, an absolutely brilliant blog discussing developments on the African continent. Imagine endless row of solar fields in the Sahara. As discussed by Appfrica: "When…
African Cultural Heritage as told through location
These are images taken by Dr. Heinz Ruther of the University of Cape Town from Lalibela, Ethiopia; Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania; and Djenne, Mali. Click on any of those links to…
Technology-related events in Africa
I am taking this from the White African, an interesting blog about all things Africa focusing quite a bit on the adoption of technology and developments along those lines. Judging…
Public speaking disasters, lessons learned, and portable generators
As we speak, I am administering a webinar for the Stor of J on the new faceted search interface. I am not presenting, just answering questions for our enthusiastic crowd…
Webinar: Digitizing Islamic manuscripts from Timbuktu
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…
African Art Video
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,…
Camfed: Educating Women in Rural Africa
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…