[Imc-africa] Rural Africa

[Glenda Loebell]

Hello John

Thanks for an informative mail.
It is and will always be my contension that the
preservation of tradition africa forms of
communication is vital. 
So within this context I met with the people of acord
and will be handing in a proposal for networking and
will inform you of the outcome.

They have access to over 20 countries and hundreds of
grassroots groups who have at the core the
communication within and outside.

just watching the two recordings of cooncerts where it
was dedicated to Goree people.

Must go as it would look rude to leave my guest.

have a good week end
Love Glenda

 --- John Bwakali <jonbwak at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Friends,
> It is a bright sunny morning here in Nairobi and I
> am happy to be alive. My country Kenya is doing
> okay, apart from the usual national challenges that
> are faced by just about every other African country.
> We now have a coalition government and this being
> unprecedented, there seem to be quite a number of
> teething problems. But life goes on.
>  
> For those of you who were in Senegal, you may recall
> that we talked quite a bit on the African context of
> Indymedia. There was a general consensus that the
> Internet will not be that useful in rural Africa
> because it just isn't there. So what are the
> alternatives? Suggestions included; community radio,
> newsletters, caravan videos....Im interested in
> knowing what you are doing in your rural areas and
> what you plan to do. Have you been able to organize
> any meetings in such areas and what has been the
> outcome of the meetings? If there are any existing
> traditional forms of communication in your
> respective communities, do you think you will be
> able to fully utilize them? 
>  
> This Easter weekend, I will be going to a part of
> Kenya near L. Victoria. This lake is the second
> largest fresh water lake in the world and is the
> source of River Nile. It is shared by Kenya, Uganda
> and Tanzania. We are going to try and establish a
> media initiative between the L. Victoria communities
> in these three countries. Some of the issues to be
> addressed include; exploitation of the communities
> by large fish companies, HIV/AIDS, child labor, wife
> inheritance, female genital mutilation, community
> dignity and self-esteem, family values, gender
> victories (triumphs of village women groups) and
> music as a positive force. 
>  
> All these issues affect the communities in question
> and are very important to them. Our idea is to hold
> village meetings, film different aspects of the
> above issues, print 4-page newsletters in local
> languages and conduct baseline surverys on
> possibillities of community radio. All this will
> take a lot of time, efforts and resources but we are
> confident that with full cooperation, a measure of
> success will be realised. One step at a time. There
> are a number of small Kenyan media and social
> outfits that can be useful in these ventures. We
> hope to mobilize these outfits to be an active part
> of the Indymedia collective here in Kenya. We also
> want to focus more on social, as opposed to
> political issues. A lot of social issues are done a
> lot of injustice by the mainstream media and can be
> generally ignored by the alternative media. 
>  
> Must go now. Have a fabulous week. And Grace, hope
> you are doing okay in Mombasa. I will let you know
> when we can meet there in Mombasa. Most likely the
> last weekend of this month. All the best. Gilberto
> my brother, have a great time in South Africa. Maybe
> you could link up with the Indymedia people there?
> Nicolas and the others. I'll write to you soon.
> Frank, how is good old Yaounde? Are you now with
> another radio station? Is your wedding still soon?
> Ha ha. Jean ca va? Er....er..my French fails me. 
>  
> Kwaheri,
> John
>  
> P/S Mambo vipi Oloo?
> 
> 
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