Bloggers required

There is a lot happening in Africa all the time, and we are looking for bloggers to write on these happenings from a social work and development perspective. Examples include:

• The recent events in Kenya where youths demonstrated against government priorities, taxation, external borrowing and toxic policies of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank that the President William Ruto led Government pursues.
• The recent elections in South Africa where the ANC (a party founded by Black people) failed to get a majority. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s is forming a government of national unity with the DA (a party founded by White people). As a result, empowerment through land return (which has been too slow) and other poverty eradication strategies are under threat.
• The proposed new law to support and strengthen the African version of families in Ghana which is under threat from a colonising western view of families.

HOW OFTEN AM I EXPECTED TO SUBMIT A BLOG?

If you become a regular blogger, expect to submit a blog weekly, monthly or at irregular intervals of your choice.

OUR SIMPLE BLOG POLICY

Blogging the African Way

In practice, this means prioritising Africa’s philosophy (knowledge – values, ethics and theories of family, community, society, environment and spirituality), using Africa-centred images and artefacts, valuing Africa’s languages and orature (stories, proverbs, metaphors, videos etc) and being original and creative with text and images.

LENGTH

Toto blog – about 100-300 words. Maximum 350 words.

Ndefu blog – 350-1000 words.

Pictures, images, web links, videos, graphics are acceptable and do not contribute to the word count but we reserve the right to reduce size and length.

HOW DO I REGISTER OR SUBMIT MY FIRST BLOG ARTICLE?

 To become a regular blogger, please email us the information below.

• Blog name (this may not be a real name but we suggest something modest like Your Respect Name, Clan Name, Place of Origin etc).
• Email address (will not be published without your consent
• Brief Biography (will not be published without your consent)
• How often do you want to submit a blog (irregular intervals, weekly or monthly)?
• Your first Blog Post (Please include Title and Full text of Post, Maximum 1000 words)

Blogging the African way…we Africans have always heard stories – around fire places, work parties, cultural events and courts. Now it is our turn to tell stories through our fingers, we type our stories. And read other people’s stories. Storytelling is in us.

Africans tell stories. They are narrators The African Blogger is a story teller. We provide you with an opportunity to tell stories.