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Pambazuka News has been voted one of the the top websites for 2008 in the annual 'Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics' award organised by PoliticsOnline and eDemocracy Forum.
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'..a pan-African community of over 1000 citizens - academics, social activists, women's organizations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators who together produce insightful and thoughtful analyses that make it the most innovative and influential sites for social justice in Africa... Pambazuka has become the source of authentic voices of Africa's social analysts and activists.'
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MORE ABOUT PAMBAZUKA NEWS

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Pambazuka News is produced by a pan-African community of some 300 citizens and organisations - academics, policy makers, social activists, women's organisations, civil society organisations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators who together produce insightful, sharp and thoughtful analyses and make it one of the largest and most innovative and influential web forums for social justice in Africa.

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PAMBAZUKA NEWS, EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor in chief: Firoze Manji
Assistant Editor: Mukoma wa Ngugi
Links & Resources Editor: Joshua Ogada
Editor, Pambazuka News in French: Tidiane Kasse
Editor, Pambazuka News in Portuguese: Alyxandra Gomes
Blog reviewers: Sokari Ekine & Dibussi Tande

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Office management: Hilary Isaac

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