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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sheng does what Sheng wants]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19415/Sheng-does-what-Sheng-wants]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ There's a friendly joke that has been going around in East Africa claiming that 'Swahili was born in Zanzibar, grew up in Tanzania, fell sick in Kenya, died in Uganda and was buried in Congo'. The interesting thing is that this refers to a 'proper' Swahili language, generally accepted to be the variety spoken on the East African coast in Kenya and Tanzania.   So, does this really mean that people in eastern Congo speak bad Swahili? No, they just have their own vocabulary and grammar which has been in development as a spoken language all the way since Swahili was first brought there towards the end of the slave trade. Congolese Swahili, in all its regional differences, is widely used in a large part of the country, but a 'Congomani' won't always be able to understand everything a Swahili speaker from the East African coast says and vice versa. And in Congo there's a difference between the way the language is written and spoken - the latter variety is much more dynamic and allows for people to express themselves in a fun and creative way, full of references to the 'now'.  Further east, in Kenya and Tanzania there's a general agreement on what is proper Swahili, as taught in school, used in official correspondence and in newspapers. The language that youth use amongst each other is quite a bit different from the 'proper' version. In Tanzania there's a growing culture of using slang, on the streets, in music (bongo flava lyrics), in movies, comic books and in public spaces. Some of the newly invented slang vocabulary even makes it into every day use among the older generation, too - think of 'mambo vipi' ('what's up') which would have been considered rude language in the early nineties, while nowadays even the president may be heard saying it.   Since the times of  ujamaa , the&nbsp; National Swahili Council has been  inventing new Swahili terms to substitute English loan words - 'luninga' for 'television' is often heard (at the same time, Swahili proper is full of foreign loan words, from 'safari' to 'daktari' and even German 'shule'). In 2007 Tanzanian MP's were instructed not to mix any English into their conversation when presenting in parliament, and earlier this month, a form 4 student got his state exam results nullified for having entered  bongo flava  lyrics into his exam sheets. But language has always proven to be resistant to any attempts at restricting it, and nowadays there's a large vocabulary of Swahili slang words that are generally not in the dictionary but understood by most youth in Tanzania, Kenya and beyond.       Video: Ghetto Radio presenter Raptcha providing insight on Sheng   In Kenya, the slang spoken by urban youth has been developing into a language on its own since at least the 1970s. 'Sheng' as it has come to be known (from 'Swahili' and 'English') is only partly intelligible by speakers of standard Swahili or English, as its vocabulary and grammar borrow heavily from different languages and sources including Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, Luhya, slang coming from Tanzania and phrases reflecting the news of the day.   Sheng is also ever changing. New words are invented every week, some of which become popular in the same way a Youtube video becomes viral - everybody wants to share it with their friends. Nairobi's Ghetto Radio has even adopted it as their primary language, and shows like 'Captain' Mbusii's 'Goteana' have become the most popular radio programs among the Nairobi youth, not just in the slums. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Celebrities and charity for Africa: Who is really profiting?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19410/Celebrities-and-charity-for-Africa-Who-is-really-profiting]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Celebrity sells. In a world driven by and fixated on celebrity, actors and musicians sell us more than entertainment, perfume and clothes. They also sell us charities.  Using celebs as ambassadors is not new, but what began as a tool for raising funds and awareness is now also a way for fans to feel closer to their &ldquo;idols&rdquo;; dig into your pockets and donate to a cause your celeb feels &ldquo;passionate about&rdquo; so you can Tweet about it to show everyone you and your celeb are on the same wavelength. But even if people are donating for the wrong reasons, at least they&rsquo;re giving, right? ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The long trip home: What it’s like to move back to Africa]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19403/The-long-trip-home-What-its-like-to-move-back-to-Africa]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  'A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.'  -  Marcus Garvey  ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Africa tweets: A closer look at the first Twitter map of Africa]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19391/How-Africa-tweets-A-closer-look-at-the-first-Twitter-map-of-Africa]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ There's been some criticism of the recently released graphic that  ranks the Top 20 African countries by twitter volume . The graphic was created from an analysis of 11.5 million geographically pinpointed tweets originating on the content in the last 3 months of 2011. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Govt. feels your pain, not: Nigeria's fuel subsidy injustice]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19370/The-Govt-feels-your-pain-not-Nigerias-fuel-subsidy-injustice]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      Sutflute &amp;  Young Paperboyz  respond to the current situation in Nigeria.    What is it with government economists that encourages them to recommend "solutions" that almost always place the burden on the shoulders of those who can least afford it? ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DRC elections: "Wake up!" says Congolese rapper Alesh in "Reveil"]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/19342/DRC-elections-Wake-up-says-Congolese-rapper-Alesh-in-Reveil]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      "They listen to the politicians, understanding nothing" raps Congolese hip-hop artist Alesh in Reveil or The Awakening, a song that represents the frustration and hope of the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the video of which was released just before sub-Saharan Africa's largest country went to the polls this week, the third time since it gained its independence in 1960. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is a story. A real ghetto story]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/14989/This-is-a-story-A-real-ghetto-story]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ This is a real Ghetto Story about a young man living in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya's bursting capital. The story is about a guy, James Kang&rsquo;ethe &lsquo;Tete&rsquo; Kimani, now nicknamed 'Bonoko'. Bonoko has now become a kind of a cult figure in the Kenyan society, even as he is an ordinary 20 years street kid, who happened to be in the wrong place, wrong time. Or maybe right place right time, that all depends on the perspective you can have in a day-to-day struggle, best described as fitting an ocean into a cup: Nairobi streets. 
 
 
 
 
 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The different lives of African refugees and African Jews in Israel]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/9184/The-different-lives-of-African-refugees-and-African-Jews-in-Israel]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Shapira, Tel Aviv   &ldquo;Infiltrators,&rdquo;, says Oscar Olivier, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what they&rsquo;re called.&rdquo; Oscar, a volunteer on the  Hotline for Migrant Workers  (HMW), gets visibly upset whenever he talks about the situation of African refugees in Israel. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Namibia, the African country not owned by Africans]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/4174/Namibia-the-African-country-not-owned-by-Africans]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Typical street in the picturesque town of Swakopmund, which looks like a Bavarian village uplifted and dropped in Namibia. Swakopmund a seaside town, and a tourist magnet   In Namibia,  '...power cuts are unknown, the roads are good, the water supply works, traffic queues are almost non-existent, and the greenery is superb. Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, is one of the cleanest, best sign-posted and most beautiful cities in the world. It is located in the hilly valley of two mountain ranges. It's a city of groomed gardens, well-tended trees, four- and six-lane avenues, modern shopping centres and some of the most hospitable people on earth.'  If any other African country was as clean, orderly and efficient as Namibia you wouldn't stop hearing about it, but you rarely hear anything about Namibia. Why is this?  The weekly magazine   New African  , from which the above quote was taken, is an invaluable source of information. Flicking through the June issue we came across the article   The Trouble with Namibia  , and we thought, oh, dear; we  must  share this with our readers. So, with enormous debt to  New African , here are 10 things you might not know about Namibia.  We  didn't: ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["When China Met Africa", out on DVD]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/3649/When-China-Met-Africa-out-on-DVD]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      China's involvement in Africa today is one of the loudest wake-up calls many Western governments have received in the last half-century about their involvement in Africa, and about the shifting dynamics of global power. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why undocumented Africans in Europe should have the right to work legally]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/3625/Why-undocumented-Africans-in-Europe-should-have-the-right-to-work-legally]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Demonstration of undocumented migrants in Paris   You'd like to work legally, but you're not allowed to. You can't not work, not if you wanna eat. That leaves you two options, work illegally (grey-economy jobs, cash-in-hand, false name, no paperwork, etc.) or "legally" (above-board jobs with papers) by illegal means. Those are the choices faced by undocumented African migrants in Europe. Which would you choose? I'd probably go with legal work by "illegal" means. But what does this entail? ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 million Africans in the shadows: Avoiding Europe's detention centres]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2928/7-million-Africans-in-the-shadows-Avoiding-Europes-detention-centres]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      It's the most desperate cases that make the headlines, such as the  overcrowded boats sinking  between the Tunisian coast and the Italian island of Lampedusa - and more than 5,000 have died in this manner since 1996 (facts and figures relating to the more dangerous crossings  here ); 67,000 is the total number of immigrants who arrived in Europe by sea in 2010 - but there are  seven to eight million African migrants  trying to make a living in Europe without papers, and most of them did  not  risk their lives on poorly maintained boats to get there. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Racism and other culture shocks in Surprising Europe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2812/Racism-and-other-culture-shocks-in-Surprising-Europe]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ A group of skinheads screaming  "These are 'white' seats!"  at two female African bus passengers while all the other white passengers keep staring out of the windows as if nothing is happening.  A black guy turns up to look at a flat that's been advertised for rent, but as soon as the door opens and the owner sees he's African it's , "Oh, you're too late."  But, mysteriously, the flat remains available for rent.   An African man is sitting in a tram when suddenly there's a bang on the window; he looks up to see a white guy on the platform flipping him the finger and telling him to go back to where he came from. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sex At The Margins of Surprising Europe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2806/Sex-At-The-Margins-of-Surprising-Europe]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      Imagine trying to survive without the permission to do any kind of work. You've got to eat, which isn't free, and you've got to sleep somewhere, so you need money for this, too. What would you do? This is the problem faced by undocumented African immigrants in Europe. There are only so many cash-in-hand positions for cleaners, fruit-pickers and building-site workers, so many find themselves having to turn to the more "illegal" professions, such as prostitution or selling drugs. Your existence in the country is already seen as "illegal", so what difference does it make? ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Surprising Europe: Making Ends Meet]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2803/Surprising-Europe-Making-Ends-Meet]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp; 
     We're now up to Episode 3 of the TV series Surprising Europe, the series that shows the real experiences of Africans trying to survive in Europe, especially those without papers. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How bad was Gaddafi?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2802/How-bad-was-Gaddafi]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  (Photo credit:  Uruk Net )    The celebrations are well under way in the Libyan capital of Tripoli - even as the rebels fight to take control of  the remaining 20 percent of the city  - as are speculations as to  what will become of Gaddafi  once he is captured. Will he be exiled to South Africa? Brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague? Tried in Libya? Truth is, no one really knows at the moment. But these are definitely the last days of Gaddafi's 42-year hold on power in Libya. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Don’t talk down to us’, and other things Africans wish you knew]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2037/Dont-talk-down-to-us-and-other-things-Africans-wish-you-knew]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ He&rsquo;s Scandinavian. With his blue eyes, light brown hair and pale skin he stands out like a white elephant amongst the blue-black faces in the crowd. He&rsquo;s here to teach them about good health practices, but already, by talking slower than usual in a bid to be understood, he has lost the interest of the crowd. They snicker quietly to one another and kick at the red soil out of boredom. Yet they decide to stick around; perhaps he'll make up for this bullshit with a t-shirt or goodie bag. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How long does it take to start a business anywhere in Africa?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2025/How-long-does-it-take-to-start-a-business-anywhere-in-Africa]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I read somewhere that producing content is less profitable than organising or marketing it, and that's probably true in most cases, but not everyone who finds a smart way to organise content is doing it for money. Case in point is Ivan Colic at Tumblr blog  Afrographique , whose aim is to collect as much data about Africa as possible and turn it into visually-inviting and easily digestible graphical displays of information, the overall objective being to change perceptions of Africa and Africans. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela Day: How has Madiba inspired you?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/2012/Nelson-Mandela-Day-How-has-Madiba-inspired-you]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Today is the 93rd birthday of one of the world's most respected figures, and also the Nelson Mandela International Day, or  Mandela Day  (as declared by the  United Nations  in 2009), the objective of which is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better, and in doing so build a global movement for good. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why good news about Africa is bad for business]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1762/Why-good-news-about-Africa-is-bad-for-business]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Ever wondered why Western coverage of the entire continent of Africa is usually a steady stream of bad news - poverty, wars, famine, 'starving Africans', AIDS, corruption, Western 'aid', bureaucracy, mob justice, tribalism - leavened occasionally by a bit about wonderful nature (love the safaris!) or football, or how warm the people are and how they keep smiling in spite of the poverty? Or even if this bad news might actually be reassuringly  good  news to some people, and who these people might be? Well, here's a paragraph from an article we just came across that got us digging for more: ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Emerging Culture of Modern Philanthropy in Rwanda]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1709/The-Emerging-Culture-of-Modern-Philanthropy-in-Rwanda]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ In terms of philanthropically driven efforts on the continent, the pattern for over a century &ndash; in other words, even before the independence of African nations - has been assistance in the form of foreign aid or foreign charity/missionary work. Increasingly, however, as some African countries are beginning to feel the effects of the reverse brain drain - with educated and experienced Africans moving back (and in the cases of those born abroad, moving &lsquo;back&rsquo; for the first time) to their countries - the landscape of philanthropy is changing. Traditionally, African culture is communal and there is a general acknowledgement that one is not an island, and that one has an obligation to take care of one&rsquo;s family and community. In modern Africa, however, as more attention is focused on economic growth we&rsquo;re seeing a lot of coverage of the positive work being done by those who came to empower the less fortunate. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Refugee Day: 80% of world's refugees are in developing countries]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1704/World-Refugee-Day-80-of-worlds-refugees-are-in-developing-countries]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[      Today feels like an appropriate day to post  Gimme Shelter , one of the recent videos from the  Playing For Change  project, specifically because it features  Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars , a band of six musicians who came together to form a band while living in a refugee camp in Guinea. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Street Photography, Nairobi - Reflections on everyday life]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1702/Street-Photography-Nairobi--Reflections-on-everyday-life]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Millions of pictures are taken on the streets of the world's cities every day, but snapshots from the streets aren't really the same thing as street photography, for what a street photographer captures are candid moments that reveal the truth of a place and its people.&nbsp;They often make you see the city's streets as if for the first time and act as a mirror to society. It's an intimate art that surely  must  come from a deep interest in and love of the theatre of public places - the beauty and comedy of its randomness and unexpectedness, its noisy energy and its quiet moments - and, probably most of all, compassion for and empathy with people of all shapes and sizes. And humility; I doubt you can be a snob and a good street photographer. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Zealand music meets Ghanaian culture with Wanlov the Kubolor]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1607/New-Zealand-music-meets-Ghanaian-culture-with-Wanlov-the-Kubolor]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[   Making Tracks  , the New Zealand TV series&nbsp; takes NZ music around the world in order to have it blended with the music and cultures of other countries, touched down in Ghana late last year, and while it isn't - and doesn't claim to be - an in-depth look at urban culture in Ghana, it's certainly worth viewing if you're feeling guilty for not knowing anything about Ghana.&nbsp; ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["How many more mistakes does Africa need in order to learn from them?" - Kagame]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/city-life/detail/1605/How-many-more-mistakes-does-Africa-need-in-order-to-learn-from-them--Kagame]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Do all politicians take a course in how to answer questions at length without ever getting specific enough to be pinned down? Rwandan president Paul Kagame is actually one of the few African leaders we rate (and we're not alone in this respect - which other African leader could rack up over half a million YouTube views in less than 2 weeks?), but even  he  isn't averse to waffle. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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