Google.org on help­ing tech­no­log­i­cally devel­op­ing coun­tries in Africa gain a global voice: allow­ing them to be pro­duc­ers, not just con­sumers, of knowledge.

Today, Swahili books online for exam­ple, num­ber in the hun­dreds com­pared to the hun­dreds of mil­lions of books in Eng­lish avail­able online. What mes­sage does this send to young peo­ple about the rel­a­tive impor­tance of their knowl­edge, lan­guage, and culture?

An impor­tant (rhetor­i­cal) question.