FAO Quotables

"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Blog of the Week! Mo'dernity Mo'problems

As readers of this blog will note, I am a big fan of Biggie Smalls aka Notorious BIG.  So any Africa blog that references the King of Hip Hop (in it's title no less!) is alright with me!  If you aren't familiar with the track, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twkh0YiInPM



















And it turns out the Mo'dernity Mo'problems is a great blog on top of it all.   It's well worth a read for its content and wit, as well as its blogroll.  You can also follow the author on twitter: @grantmgordon.

http://moproblems.wordpress.com/
"I am a humanitarian policy specialist who wears an evaluation and monitoring cape while roaming around field sites in conflict and post-conflict zones.  I’ve worked in Rwanda, Burundi, the Eastern DRC, and Liberia, land of never-ending bushmeat and baking soda. I speak French and Swahili and can whip out a survey from my belt much like a gun. This is a blog about culture, conflict, and causality in Central Africa and beyond."





















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