the good news from africa cable channel
Posted: April 3rd, 2005 | Author: kamau | Filed under: television | Comments Offwhen The Africa Channel launches this july on us cable systems it plans to devote its 1200 hours of programming to showcase the other africa, the one that exists and thrives even with all the war and disease. the other africa that americans may not know about.
“Historically, if there had not been interest in the place, the colonial powers would not have plundered it or built the empires that they did,” Mr. Makawa said. “Modern-day Africans say it’s different now. They want to be heard and they want to participate in the global economy, but they can’t participate if people don’t know who they are.” james makawa one of the channel’s founders.
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