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By Steve Song, on December 9th, 2011

Imagine for a minute that you’ve just bought a new stove. The old stove just wasn’t doing all you needed so you’ve bought a new German-engineered stove. It’s Saturday morning and you’ve managed to get the stove in place, it looks like it fits perfectly but you can seem to get the gas line connected. [...] [...]

Chiclete Com Banana

By Steve Song, on May 14th, 2011

On Wednesday this week I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of hours chatting with Gilberto Gil. I am still pinching myself. When I was 17, I was an exchange student for a year in Brazil. It was there I was introduced to Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB) which translates to Popular Brazilian Music but [...] [...]

Fellowship 2010

By Steve Song, on December 3rd, 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, the end of my fellowship at the Shuttleworth Foundation also draws closer. It officially winds up at the end of February next year. From then on most of my waking hours will be spent building the Village Telco a social enterprise. Here’s a short summary (6 min) of what [...] [...]