Ansbert Ngurumo on blogging in Kiswahili

ByRamon Thomas

Ansbert Ngurumo spoke about blogging in Kiswahili in the Fractured Identities session of the Digital Citizens Indaba 2007. This was in some respects one of the most inspiring talks for me because it is in sync with my own views that one of the best solutions to reducing the digital divide is a translation of software and websites into indigenous languages like Kiswahili.

Here’s my podcast interview with Ansbert using my Sony Ericsson w880i:

 

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