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Chinua Achebe in 2008 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he was a professor at the time.Credit...Craig Ruttle/Associated Press Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and towering man of letters whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature and to rewrite the story of a continent that had long been told by Western voices, died on Thursday in Boston. He
Missing in Africa
U.S. President Barack Obama's ongoing trip to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania is his best -- and perhaps last -- chance at Africa policy redemption. After the five disappointing years of false starts, inattention, and policy drift that I wrote about below, this visit could set the stage for a strong finish. The trip itself might be merely symbolic, but symbols can say a lot about whether the U
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マサイ族に広がるスマホ 携帯市場を支える中国 :日本経済新聞
東アフリカのケニア。マラソンやキリマンジャロで有名な国だが、最近、急速に普及しているのが携帯電話だ。普及率はなんと70%にも達する。独特な民族衣装で知られる「マサイ族」もスマートフォン（高機能携帯電話）を使っており、その普及を支えているのが中国からの輸出だ。偽物も多いが、アフリカでの中国企業の躍進がケニアの情報化を支えている。 ケニアの首都、ナイロビから車で約4時間。サバンナ草原に暮らす先住民のマサイ族は、今も牛の糞（ふん）と泥を混ぜて作った家に住む。牛の放牧で生計を立て、当然のことだが、電気や水道もない。そんな場所ながら、携帯電話の利用が拡大している。牛の群れの前と後ろで連絡をとりながら放牧するには、携帯電話は非常に便利な道具というわけだ。 ■ナイロビを席巻する中国製の偽物ブランド ケニア人の平均年収は約8万円。低い所得水準にもかかわらず、携帯電話を持てるのはなぜなのか。ナイロビ市内には
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