There is no better way to start your Monday than by watching this YouTube video. Hat Tip to KT in Dakar, via her Facebook news feed.
Texas in Africa rocks out and writes an amazing post called Show Me the Data about the connections, and lack thereof, between minerals and mining in Congo and the prevalence of rape.
And speaking of Congo, here are three major problems with the much praised 60 Minutes story on Congo’s Gold.
Tales from the Hood criticizes Nick Kristof, which is great because that’s one thing I can check off my to-do list for today.
Very famous and probably pretty rich photographer James Nachtwey offers an unpaid internship to highly skilled photographers. The irony of someone whose work focuses on social injustice ensuring that his protegee is a rich kid is almost too much for me. Read the comments on this post to see photographers duke it out and call each other names.

Did you know Sierra Leone once had a thriving postcard industry? Neither did I! Read about that and see some amazing photos from a well-curated selection of photos that show the history of photograph on the continent.





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Great post, Glenna. The Nachtwey controversy is fascinating.
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