Blogging and Social Media, African Cup of Nations

Blogging and other forms of social media are huge on the African Continent. We speak with Dr. Neelika Jayawrdane of the blog Africa is a Country.

The African Cup of Nations football tournament finals are today, we get a recap of the tournament with Farid Omar

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Tribute to Amilcar Cabral, Part 2 and the African Cup of Nations continues

We continue our dedication to Amilcar Cabral. And an update on the African Cup of Nations tournament.

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African Cup of Nations 2013

Another African Cup of Nations is upon us, and we are always excited to see the action! We speak with Farid Omar for what to look out for in this year's tournament.

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Somalia Conference in London and CAN finals

On Feb 23rd senior representatives from over 40 governments and multi-lateral organisations will come together in London for a conference that aims to deliver a new international approach to Somalia, but there is widespread criticism that this conference, which was organized without the input of Somalis themselves, is an act of neocolonialism and forced foreign rule. African Perspectives spoke to Abdi Dirshe, the current president of the Somali Canadian Diaspora Alliance. For more information on the Alliance or to reach Abdi, email him at: a.dirshe@hotmail.com

In the second part of the show we spoke with Farid Omar to get the final take on this year's Cup of African Nation's which was won by Zambia.

We start the show with headlines from the African Continent

Headlines: 0 - 15:10
London Conference on Somali with Abdi Dirshe: 15:11 - 43:50
African Cup of Nations 2012 with Farid Omar: 43:51 - end

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Occupy Nigeria and CAN

In this week's edition of African Perspectives we speak with Asume Osuoka who has been involved in the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria for many years. We speak to him about the recent mass protests and workers strike in Nigeria.

We then spoke with Farid Omar for an update on the African Nations Cup tournament so far (please note that the interview was conducted on Friday before the 3rd place and final matches)

We start of as we do every week with headlines from the continent.

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Listen to interview with Asume/Nigeria here
Listen to interview with Farid/CAN here

African Cup of Nations is Here!

The African Cup of Nations began on Saturday, hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The tournament runs until February 12th. We spoke with Farid Omar about what to expect with this year's tournament, his predictions and the matches so far.

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0-14:30 -- Headlines from the African Continent
14:30 - 32:21 -- Interview with Farid Omar on the African Cup of Nations

On this week's show we also featured a conversation from Press TV's Africa Today entitled: What's behind Israel and America's dealings in East Africa? and can be found here