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AWARD: Baobab wins UN Habitat award
RESOLUTION: Young people take a stand
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COOL PEOPLE

Communication expert / producer
Marian Duff is a project leader for Edutainment, working with youth at risk.
Marian Duff

Cultural entrepeneur
Docta is a visual artist and cultural entrepeneur from Dakar, Senegal.
Docta

Youth activist
Kingsley Bangwell is one of the leading youth activists in Nigeria, and the Executive Director of Youngstars Foundation.
Kingsley Bangwell

Entrepreneur
Jason Brayda runs a restaurant and likes to get involved in community work in Kitengela, Kenya.
Jason Brayda

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Baobabconnections interviews Adeolu Ogunrombi, member from Nigeria.

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BAOBAB WORLD

United States// Politicholera
Treating cholera is fast and easy – so why have 16,000 people been infected, and over 1,000 people died from a preventable disease in Zimbabwe? Read more.

Nigeria// What is your genotype?
There is the rush to settle down in the townships – to catch a bride in a hurry. How many are checking for genotypes and HIV? Read more.

Action// Too cool for politics?
“I can't change it anyway. Nobody asks me. Politics just seems like one big, abstract machine that runs with or without my consent.”
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Music Watch// Hip-hop and crime
Is it racial profiling, or do these rappers bring the drama unto themselves?
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MAGAZINES

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Crime
A magazine dedicated to youth & crime in the city, on the occasion of the inaugural Youth Crime Prevention & Cities Summit in Durban, June 2008.

14/04/2007 MDGs
12/09/2005 Water
20/09/2005 Development

Fresh mixtape: 80s & 90s African Old School by dj Juma4 (November 2008)

BAOBAB TV: PositHIVe
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BAOBAB DECKS: J4's Old School


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