Category: ugandan blogosphere

2007 Uganda Best of Blog Award Winners

A belated congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Uganda Best of Blogs awards:

Best Photography
Ugandan Insomniac for Arbitrary Beauty II

Best Design
Citizen Uganda

Best Writing
I Am Ernest Bazanye

Best Overseas Blog
Return of the Phoenix

Best Blog in Uganda
Ugandan Insomniac

Best Post
Ugandan Insomniac for Dilemma of a Gorgeous 30 Something

Uganda Blog of the Year — Tie
I Am Ernest Bazanye
Ugandan Insomniac

Last year I wrote:

The goal of the 2006 Uganda Best of Blog Awards was to recognize the incredible writing and art in this community, and all of our nominees are certainly emblematic of the talent that exists in the Ugandan blogosphere. Congratulations to the winners! I look forward to seeing everyone continue to express themselves through word, art, design and photography over the next year.

I wasn’t sure then if a second round of the BOBs would happen or if I would be around to see it. A huge round of applause goes to Dee for putting this year’s awards together.

Congratulations again to all who were nominated. I am honored to be a part of the blogren, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

P.S. The curious can check out the voting results at The Kampalan.

GVO Uganda: Bloggers tangle with mainstream media

My next piece is up at Global Voices Online. Featured are Ugandan Insomniac, Moses Paul Sserwanga, Nappy Brain, Scarlett Lion and Rafshizzle.

The blogren had their collective eye on Uganda’s mainstream media this week. One blogger “treads where the brave dare not go” by posting photos from a tragedy near the capital, while another criticizes the government paper for its seeming support of rapists.
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GVO Uganda: Citizen Uganda: Smart and very, very pretty

My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:

To scroll down the main page of Citizen Uganda is to indulge in a visual symphony: carefully selected photos align harmoniously with well-crafted blocks of text. Thick lines in complementary colors separate commentary from current events. Trios of links gracefully rotate, gliding from entertainment tips to featured blogs to Africa-focused videos and back again with the ease of a concert harpist trailing her fingers over the strings.

In short: Citizen Uganda is the best new online source of information about Uganda, and it’s also very, very pretty.

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2007 Uganda Best of Blogs

Over at The Kampalan, Dee has just announced the 2007 Uganda Best of Blogs awards. Check out her post for the nomination specifics, but here are the categories:

Ugandan blog of the year — open to any blog written by a Ugandan or focusing on Uganda

Best post — The single best piece in the Ugandan blogosphere

Best blog in Uganda — Written by anyone living in Uganda in 2007

Best overseas Ugandan blog — Any Uganda-focused or Ugandan-authored blog written in a foreign country

Best writing — Intelligent, witty, feisty, eloquent or just plain funny

Best design — Best overall design and layout

Best photography — Best photo taken by a Ugandan blogger and posted on his or her blog