Western Media and Africa

Neg­a­tive and inac­cu­rate news cov­er­age of Africa by West­ern media is a seri­ous issue that needs to be addressed. While the press can build up, it also can tear down and dis­rupt our way of think­ing. While it com­mu­ni­cates pow­er­ful­ly, the press often times works to influ­ence pol­i­cy and shape debates, opin­ions, and actions on…

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Organizations Wage War on Fake News in Africa

The bat­tle to deal with deceit, mis­in­for­ma­tion, and its relat­ed ills, or fake news, has been on for many years. You’ll see me use the word “bat­tle” many times in my writ­ings on this sub­ject. It’s a bat­tle because the ter­rain is akin to war­fare. In a bat­tle where you either win or you lose,…

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Writing During Trump Era — 6 Things African Journalists Must Know

Writ­ing dur­ing the Don­ald Trump Era: It was crit­i­cal for those who advo­cat­ed on behalf of the African con­ti­nent, African blog­gers and jour­nal­ists espe­cial­ly, to take a stand and fight for the con­ti­nent we believe in. African blog­gers need to have a voice on the inter­net, just as the mil­i­tary has a voice on the…

Boko Haram and the Media

Boko Haram is a mil­i­tant group pri­mar­i­ly locat­ed in Nige­ria. The ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tion is fight­ing to over­throw the Niger­ian gov­ern­ment and cre­ate an Islam­ic state. Nige­ria is a very reli­gious coun­try with Chris­tian­i­ty and Islam­ic faith being its most pre­dom­i­nant reli­gions and hav­ing a near­­ly-equal ratio split between them. Accord­ing to Hei­di Schultz, an author on…