Archive For The “Africa” Category

Sparks 11: a reading night

By | November 3, 2010

Photo: Nikki AcottLast night I returned to the boards upstairs at Three and Ten for a reading at Sparks 11, my second appearance at the event. I read a (slightly condensed) version of ‘Branded By The Bush’, a short story I wrote a few years back which …

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Africa + music + open source

By | July 10, 2010

Sorting out my bookmarks, an activity which has taken me close to nine months to complete having had too many other things to do, had thrown up a few treats on the web that I’d previously stumbled across, saved and forgotten about. The sort will eventu…

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Musings on the World Cup

By | June 26, 2010

Kevin-Prince Boateng celebrates scoring Ghana’s first goal.Photograph: Martin Rose/Getty ImagesIt’s been good to finally be in roughly the right time zone for the World Cup this time around. During the Germany 2006 tournament, I was still in Japan and …

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