[Imc-africa] Rural Africa

[ak0226 at argh-it.de]

Hello everybody, hello John,

well I summarised some of my ideas on radio on the
article posted on the website.  I would welcome
you all to add comments there. 

I am still staying in Gambia thinking about that
radio thing and here, on the beach for the fishermen,
local radio will be great.

I will go to Dakar in 2-3 weeks checking the scene
for future work and also go around trying to find
founding for indymedia radio.  I will keep you
posted on the outcomes and will be thankful mentioning
your efford.  Maybe we can start an all-african
village radio initiative.

Janmaat

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 04:50:56 -0700 (PDT), Glenda Loebell wrote
> 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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