April 24, 2007

A crusading publisher pushes Niger's limits

Read Under The Saharan Sun columnist Jennifer Margulis's latest story in The Christian Science Monitor: A crusading publisher pushes Niger's limits, Maman Abou's anti-corruption scoops are profitable, but dangerous to report.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0417/p20s01-woaf.htm

Abou, a free speech crusader who owns Niger's biggest publishing house tells Margulis, "I'm human like everyone else. We're always scared that something bad will happen to us, but I'm not scared enough to give up the struggle or my convictions."