This Angry African is an intelligent activist that in his words:
This blog is about me being pissed off from an African perspective. And having a laugh at the world and the funny people living on this small floating rock.
A little bit about him:
I was born in Africa, South Africa. I lived there and worked there for most of my life. I have been an African development worker, an Oxfam campaigner, an African UN activist, a South African trade unionist, a South African WTO trade negotiator, a businessman running my own businesses in southern Africa, a founder of non-profits and campaigns to bring Africa to the forefront of action, and a developmental economist working on the role of business in Africa.
And he’s got something to say (a lot of things) and he says them very well. The thing I like about this blog is that he is an activist, he’s a bit angry, but he’s not ‘flipping off the world’. Instead he is pressing forward, motivating people, posting his opinion and taking a stand. This is an intelligent response to justified anger. Kudos.
This is an angry blogger worth following, I certainly will.
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Does Anyone Read This Blog: According to Quantcast it reaches over 1,900 people a month. So, it’s not bad, but it would be good to see his traffic increase.
Is the Anger Justified: Absolutely.
Anything Else Interesting: His resume is outstanding.
The Last Angry Young Man has a lot to say on a lot of different topics. He pulls together his thoughts and posts on anything from copyright issues on MySpace to customer service letters and write-ups on his experiences. It would seem that through looking at his blog, you can quickly see that he figures someone should say something, so why not let it be him.
The blog isn’t terribly up to date, but I’m going to be honest with you, my first impressions almost made me right the wrong post. I hated this blog the minute I saw the logo of some cartoon character flipping everyone off. I was ready to click away- right away. But then I made myself read further and the whole premise of the blog is the fight against indifference. George Bernard Shaw referenced this issue well when he said:
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.”
The last angry young man is just tired of people not saying anything and not doing anything, and so he does. His approach may hurt his credibility for many audiences, as often times the activist voice works best when it doesn’t start by flipping off the world… but rather rallying the few and the passionate, motivating them and encouraging them to make positive change.
This guys’ passion for justice is awesome. And the projects he is getting people to help with is a step further than most angry bloggers ever get to. I am just wondering how much more he could get accomplished if he’d knock the chip off his shoulder in his approach. Because when you write with a chip like that, you’re going to lose a lot of people that would have otherwise jumped on your team to fight with you.
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Does Anyone Read This Blog: It’s hard to say, Alexa is having trouble pulling up this .ca site. So yeah, no good information there. That’s annoying.
Is the Anger Justified: Like most angry blogs sometimes it’s justified and sometimes it’s just ranting.
Anything Else Interesting: He has a page devoted to putting the anger to action and provides projects and items for the readers to be active in. That’s impressive.
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