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Week of Oct. 11, 2008

Giving Voice to the Voiceless
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Blogging has become a popular pastime for some young, tech-savvy Africans. Reporter Richard Lough visits a cyber café in Lagos, Nigeria where students and young professionals write about poverty, HIV-AIDS, and government corruption without fear of censorship or government reprisal. They can write anything they like and it can be read by anyone on the Internet.

Blogging, says Lough, gives a voice to the voiceless in Africa.

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media  blogging    
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