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Blog (Weblog)

A blog, from web log or weblog, is a kind of journal online. Typically a blog is written by an individual or maintained by a group or organisation. It includes dated entries on one or more topics. Blogs can be personal, journalistic, commercial, or informative in whatever way the creator of the blog decides.

1.  African blogging

There is an increasing number of blogs by Africans and people in Africa. See for instance:

• Global Voices. "Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens" media project founded at Harvard Law School"s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, a research think-tank focused on the Internet"s impact on society." http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
• BlogAfrica. "allAfrica.com's platform to help you keep an ear on the African blogosphere. [It draws] diverse voices from around the world who post regularly and insightfully about African issues." http://www.blogafrica.com/

2.  Blogging in African languages

There is a number of blogs in African languages. (help needed to build this list)

• Bambara
  • Fasokan http://fasokan.com/category/bamanankan/
• Hausa
  • Sha'irai (Hausa Poets) http://www.shairai.blogspot.com/ (most recent post as of Sept. 2015 was 8 Dec. 2012)
• Swahili
  • Utakapojua Hujui Ndipo Utakapojua http://ngurumo.blogspot.com/

Global Voices includes blogs translated into Amharic, Arabic, and Swahili, among other languages.

3.  Links

3.1  Resources

• Blogging sites. There are a number of sites that allow you to set up a blog without having to have your own site. These typically have templates and other features to make it easy to set up and maintain. Some are free, some for pay. [Need info on how friendly these are for extended-Latin and non-Latin scripts.] A general list is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software#Developer-hosted
  • Free. Some examples:
    • Blogger/Blogspot http://www.blogger.com
    • Wordpress http://wordpress.com/
    • [more]
  • For pay. Some examples:
    • Typepad http://www.typepad.com/
• Blogging software. For people who have a website, there is free software to enable them to set up a blog on their site. For more information, see:
  • "11 Best Blogging Platforms – Squarespace VS WordPress VS Blogger" MonetizePros http://monetizepros.com/blogging/best-blogging-platforms-compared/
  • "Best blogging platforms – Comparison 2015" Start Blogging Online http://startbloggingonline.com/blog-platform-comparison-chart/
  • "Choose the Best Blogging Platform – Comparison 2015" Blogging Basics 101 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/choosing-a-blogging-platform-quick-reference/
  • WeblogMatrix http://www.weblogmatrix.org/

3.2  References & links

• MarketingTerms.com, "Blog (Weblog)," http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/
• Wikipedia
  • AF https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webjoernaal
  • AR https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A9
  • EN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
  • FR https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
  • MG https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaogy
  • PT https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
  • SW https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogu