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Wikipedia, laptops leap their way into rural Africa

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, March 5, 2008

He must have broken protocol, but the guide named Leopard who showed us around the Moremi Wildlife Reserve in Botswana unlocked the padlock and pushed open the door. Leopard lived in one of the several company-owned one-room houses for a major portion of the year. The room was just wide enough to accommodate a double bed. There was one window in the rear, and a photo of his wife taped to one wall.

Then I noticed the TV. The six-speaker home theater system and DVD player. The desktop computer, monitor and printer. Luckily the company that owned this campsite provided its employees —...

#1 By African 7:06p.m. on March 7, 2008

AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY! Speaking of a rural Africa is just absurd
- an African from Africa City, Africa

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