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Tuesday 24 January 2012

African Spring

After all the talk of the Arab Spring it appears that a motivation for change has not been lost ion the rest of the world. There is now talk of an African Spring, although it might not been quite the same as what we saw in the Arab world. Most African countries do not wish to topple regimes, they want to campaign for awareness and fairness. 

This article from the BBC News website is very interesting:


I recommend you watch the video as there is a lot of talk about the power of social media in it. This is of course one of the elements of the Arab Spring that was famously reported on, and in the video (on the BBC news article) African activists talk about the power of social media.


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