An interview with Ory Okolloh

Ory Okolloh, is a Kenyan activist and Africa's prominent blogger. She runs kenyanpundit.com and is also the founder of ushahidi.com, as well as mzalendo.com, initiatives that have garnered immense attention and praise. In March 2010, she was interviewed by BBC on issues of blogging and contemporary internet culture in Africa. Listen to the audio interview below.

Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs

In my opinion, this TED Talk by Cameron Herold is exactly what the world needs to hear.

Cameron speaks of his own struggles in the education system. He speaks of his ventures and passion for business at a very young age and how his dad would never allow him to get a "regular" job. He always had to find new ways to earn his own money.

Cameron states that children should be taught how to save at a young age and how to make use of their resources. Instead of giving monthly allowances to children give them opportunities to be innovative. Children should also be given the opportunity to nuture their creativity and not be told what to be in the future. We need to teach kids how to fish and not give them the fish.

Japan's bribes on whaling; old news?

by Felicity Ogilvie
A conservation activist says an investigation into claims that Japan bribes small nations for their support on whaling is confirmation of what has been common knowledge for a long time.

Two reporters from Britain's Sunday Times newspaper posed as the lobbyists of a fictional Swiss billionaire and set out to buy votes at next week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting.

Six countries told the reporters they were willing to consider their offer, but the reporters were told they would need to better the aid the countries are already getting from the Japanese.

Tanzania's IWC commissioner is recorded saying that as well as aid, politicians from his country are flown to Japan where they are offered prostitutes.

Geoffrey Nanyaro told the undercover reporters he has never used Japanese prostitutes.

"As a Christian, I live by the Bible, so I never indulge in such [activities]," he said.

Mr Nanyaro says when he visits Japan he is put up in a five-star hotel, and women offering massages often call his room.

"They start by saying you know, do you want massaging, you know, it will be free massaging, you know. Are you not alone there?"

Nicola Beynon from Humane Society International says the undercover investigation adds weight to what environmental groups have long suspected.

"It has been common knowledge for a long time that a number of countries that vote in favor of commercial whaling at the IWC are not actually voting because they genuinely want to see a return to commercial whaling, but they are voting because they are beholden to Japan and Japan's very generous fisheries aid," she said.

"This is confirming what has been common knowledge for a long time and there has been very few occasions where we have had proof of it."

Continue to read...(There is an audio report on the right hand side of the page.)

If you don't know what 'Whale Wars' are all about (you probably don't watch Southpark, I guess), check out this clip:

Ory Okolloh on becoming an activist

In this TED talk by Ory Okolloh she shares her personal story growing up in Kenya and speaks of the positive ways in which Africa can be perceived. She is an activist, lawyer and blogger.

In her talk, she also mentions the importance of sharing knowledge by blogging and by supporting young entrepreneurs through financial means. She is a corporate lawyer for Enablis, a Canadian non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries.



Any thoughts on this talk ?

This week from Sribuo - Sidney's "Scenti No!"

Artist: Sidney
Album: Scenti No! (album review courtesy of SriBuo Media here)

Download free album samples:
Sidney: "Scenti No"
Sidney: "Hye Nkom"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- Courtesy of SriBuo Media

This week from SriBuo

Artist: Kwabena Kwabena
Album: Bibini (album review here)

Download free album samples:
Kwabena Kwabena: "Bibini"
Kwabena Kwabena: "Abotere"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

More from SriBuo

Artist: Okyeame Kwame
Album: M'anwensem (album review here)

Download free album samples:
Okyeame Kwame: "Yahooze"
Okyeame Kwame ft. Samini Kuntakinte: "Woani So Anaa"
Okyeame Kwame ft. Dilute & Obrafour: "Tie"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

Leadership = knowing what, how, and why

More from SriBuo

Artist: Mimi Divalish
Album: Music In Me (album review here)

Download free album samples:
Mimi Divalish feat. Tinny: "Fa ma mi"
Mimi Divalish feat. Jane, Caroline, Dela, Sita, Pappi 5five: "Leave me alone (remix)"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media





Artist: Mzbel
Album: Saucy Girl (album review here)

Download free album samples:
Mzbel feat. Quata: "Sexy thing"
Mzbel feat. Shilo: "Odo kiss me"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media





Artist: Obrafour
Album: Asem Sebe (album review here)

Download free album samples:
Obrafour: "Odo"
Obrafour: "Enye nyame a"
Obrafour: "Bra be whe"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

Two releases from SriBuo

SriBuo advertises two new album releases from Ghana:



Artist: Nana Fynn
Album: Bibini

Download free album samples:
Nana Fynn feat. Modan: "Bibini"
Nana Fynn: "Me Fere No"
Nana Fynn feat. Jestoe: "Twe Wo Ho"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media





Artist: Jon Germain (see profile on Museke here)
Album: This I Who I Am

Download free album samples:
Jon Germain: "Can't Xplain"
Jon Germain feat. J Town: "Quiver"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

More from SriBuo

SriBuo advertises a new album release from Ghana:

Artist: VIP (see profile on Museke here)
Album: Progress

Download free album samples:
VIP: "Away"
VIP feat. Dan Boadi: "Broni wewu"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

For more info: www.SriBuo.com

Fresh from the SriBuo Ghanaian music vault

SriBuo advertises a new album release from Ghana:

Artist: Obrafour (see profile on Museke here)
Album: "T.O.F.A." Time Out For Adhesion

Download free album samples:
Obrafour feat. Adjoa: "Dee Dee Ko (There They Go)"
Obrafour feat. Blitz & Tiny: "Eebehyehyew"
Obrafour: "Oya Hene"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

For more info: www.SriBuo.com

Reggae Beats from DJ Akundaeli

Our bongoflava DJ in San Jose us Reggae Beats volume 2!

Download the mix for free here.

Thanks, Akundaeli [ reach him here: akundaeli(at)gmail(dot)com ]

More from DJ Akundaeli

DJ Akundaeli - the Tanzanian DJ in San Jose, CA - sent us some more of his mix sets. All mixes are free to download - enjoy (thanks Akundaeli!).

Reggae Beat (vol 1)

Check Check - Dancehall (vol 1)

Check Check (vol 2)

Contact Akundaeli:
Twitter
Facebook
E-mail: akundaeli (at) gmail (dot) com

Fresh from the SriBuo Ghanaian music vault

SriBuo advertises a new album release from Ghana:

Artist: Castro (see profile on Museke here)
Album: Fayke

Download free album samples:

Castro: "Bounce (ft. Chemphe)"
Castro: "Kiss me (ft. Screw Face)"

Buy album:
- on iTunes
- on Amazon

Album art:
- SriBuo Media

For more info: www.SriBuo.com

Sanaa kioo cha jamii

Msanii Afande Sele alipataga kutunga wimbo uliotwa, “darubini kali”, ambao ulimwongezea umaarufu hadi kumsaidia kushinda tuzo ya Mfalme wa Rhymes. Nyimbo ya “darubini kali”, ilizungumzia mambo mbalimbali ya jamii. Nyimbo hiyo pia ilifanikiwa kuonyesha uhusiano kati ya kazi ya sanaa, mfano sasa Bongo Flava, na jamii inayozungukwa nayo. Katika maneno yake mwenye, Afande alisema, “mimi ni msanii, mimi ni kioo cha jamii”, hivyo kujenga hoja kuwa sanaa ni chombo ambacho kinatumia fasihi kuyaweka bayana matatizo yaliyomo ndani ya jamii zetu.

Hivyo basi, leo hii ninadiriki kusema bongo flava inakibarua kikubwa cha kuzungumzia maswala ya jamii ya sisi vijana. Sanaa hii inatoa moja kati ya nafasi chache ambazo vijana tunazo kuelezea na kujadili matatizo yetu. Pamoja na ukweli kuwa zipo nyimbo ambazo zinazungumzia matatizo haya, lakini ubunifu wa kisanii si wakuridhisha sana. Mimi ninaamini, ili sauti ya msanii iweze kusikika na watu wengi, lazima kazi ya msanii iwe na ubunifu utakaofanikisha kutofautisha kazi yake na kazi za wasanii wengine. Sasa basi, kwakuwa swala ni kuwakilisha vijana na kuwasilisha matatizo ya vijana, nimefurahishwa sana na nyimbo hii ya “samahani wanangu” ya msanii Mrisho Mpoto. Bwana Mpoto amezungumzia matatizo yetu vijana na baadhi ya vyanzo vya matatizo hayo.

Nitapenda sote tusikilize maudhui yaliyomo ndani ya kazi hii ya kisanaa na kuwa makini katika kusikiliza matumizi ya lugha ya Kiswahili katika nyimbo hii.

Mrisho Mpoto na 'Samahani Wanangu"



Mrisho Mpoto akihojiwa na starlink

Bongo to San Jose: DJ Akundaeli

We recently heard from DJ Akundaeli, a Tanzanian DJ currently based in San Jose, CA.

Presenting Akundaeli: Flava, a 25-track mixset featuring the melodies of Jaffarai, Punjabi Mungra, Chege, Ali Kiba and many more.

Download the mix for free here.

Catch Akundaeli on:
Twitter
Facebook
e-mail: akundaeli (at) gmail (dot) com

BBC: The Virtual Revolution

In this BBC audio documentary, Dr. Aleks Krotoski examines the history and development of the World Wide Web concept.

According to the documentary page, "joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise."