October 2011
2 posts
African digital art sampler
We like to check in regularly and see what’s happening at www.africandigitalart.com, which recently featured lovely digital portraits of Wangari Maathai, founder of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Greenbelt Movement, who passed away September 25. A huge loss to the international environmental community, and to her native Kenya. As for the artwork, take five minutes to scroll...
Oct 12th
Oops.
Pardon me, friends. The post about protest has been removed, because I’d meant to post it to a personal blog, not this one…maybe mobile web makes things a little too easy, eh? At the very least, it was a good reminder that we’re overdue for some savory web bites over here at WorldSalon. Well, let’s see what we can find, shall we? -JO
Oct 12th
July 2011
2 posts
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Promise, you'll find surprises. Spend today with... →
Some hip hop, some other stuff. What do you think?
Jul 9th
Buh-Bye Britain!
How about International Freedom from France Day, or Severed from Spain day? Wouldn’t it be cool if former colonies all over the world celebrated independence together? Below are a couple of links to help us brush up on the history of global domination. Both of my countries, Nigeria and the US, could jointly celebrate this Monday July 4, Buh-Bye Britain Day (normally October 1 in Nigeria). ...
Jul 3rd
June 2011
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May 2011
4 posts
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May 10th
What exactly is a place?
WorldSalon aims to build a worldwide community of people committed to a certain place. Awesome. But what’s a place? That is the question that we aim to answer over the next few weeks. We will find that a place is its people, its music, its history, its landscape, it’s birds and fishes. And many other things, we hope you’ll share. Ask your mom what a place is. Ask a nine-year-old....
May 8th
April 2011
5 posts
http://www.okayafrica.com/ →
African music channel from OkayPlayer. We’ll be checking this one out regularly in an ongoing quest for World-hipness.
Apr 29th
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Apr 18th
American college kids teaching Nigerian language... →
Cute pictures. This is true cultural exchange and appreciation, don’t you think? It’s too bad Yoruba people in Nigeria aren’t valuing their own culture enough to maintain the language, but it’s great to know that other people do!
Apr 18th