Hey y'allHave you heard of the Africa channel? My consultant sent me a link to its website but this is an actual cable channel that talks about events going on in African countries. I wish I had this while growing up. Unless you visit, the only media access we have to African countries is when there's something negative going on (war, famine, scandals, etc.. . ) They don't offer it in Chicago and I doubt it is widely offered but if enough people call their cable stations, it may be more readily available. Check out the site and tell me what you think.
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Hey, we have the Africa Channel in Atlanta. I actually blogged about it back in March when I discovered it here.(http://reddred.blogspot.com/2006
/03/africa-channel-is-here.html)
It is great! Reminds me of my time in South Africa. The programming seems to be mostly music videos and South African soap operas (Isidingo and Generations!!!) but it is really cool. I have not been watching as much as I should but I understand that they show episodes of Big Brother Africa (12 folks, each from different countried in Africa, stuck together in a house...) and I think they are planning to have news programming from an African point of view as well.
I know that the Africa Channel is in the cable lineup in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Atlanta. They have agreements with Cox and Comcast but I am not sure if they have launched in any other markets yet....
I know what you mean about having this growing up, apart from South Africa informative and positive images in the media are few and far between,
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