Mandela’s Freedom in Virtual Worlds

“The world needs symbols. The world needs to highlight the best values we can find in certain human beings. And we have them as a reference of what we would like to be. Mandela is one of those”, says Graca Marcel (his wife) who shares his life. On 18 July 2008, the world’s ‘Madiba’ turns [...]

Cory’s Challenge to Second Life - Public Gain or Organisational Loss??

It was with a sense of usual Second Life excitement - that some great new thing is happening! - that Uthango’s representatives attended the recent introduction of the “Second Life and Public Good” Community Challenge” sponsored by the USC Network Culture Project. On 6 May 2008 Cory Ondrejka, a fellow at USC introduced the [...]

Africa Day in Second Life: 24 April 2008

Uthango brings Africa to Second Life, with the first annual Africa Day in-world - linked to launching a 3D-environment to celebrate wildlife in Africa, and another sim, Robben Island, to strengthen the community of Africans.