| Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| Carnival of African Women |
 The first carnival of African women will be held on African Women’s Blog http://www.africanwomenblogs.com/ site on October 9th. is open to everyone registered on the African Women’s Blog Agregator. The coordinators are asking for pieces on Blogging and Identity for this carnival. For more info, contact Sokari on info@blacklooks.org.
There is an interesting debate going on here regarding the inclusiveness of African Women’s Blog and a reaction to that here. For what it's worth, I'm offering my two cents about the issue. Obviously, as the name suggests, the African Women's Blog is essentially a forum for African women bloggers. However, I don't see any harm in opening it up for those who are committed to African women – bloggers and non-bloggers. I don’t think it's a matter of race or who's real African or not. Rather, it is standing together behind a cause as human beings. There were white people marching alongside blacks during the civil rights movement in the US. Their presence didn't make the movement any less black-focused. If a white Danish woman wants to join, shouldn't we say 'be our guest!' The more the merrier, I would say. She has more contact to African women whose voices she could represent than I, as an African blogging from the swamps of the US, could. |
posted by Fikirte @ 11:58 AM
 
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Hi Firkete,
Thanks a lot for your input. I really appreciate your angle! I will link to it.
Best Greeting, Pernille
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Hi Firkete,
Thanks a lot for your input. I really appreciate your angle! I will link to it.
Best Greeting, Pernille