Within 24 hours of the outbreak of the post election violence in Kenya, Kenyan blogs were posting hour by hour reports. On December 31st there was a complete shutdown of the mainstream media. Sokari Ekine, who blogs at www.blacklooks.org, explores how bloggers filled the information gap.
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/03/mini_headblogging_for_africa.html