Wazobia radio
"bunmi" blogs from Washington, D.C. in A Bombastic Element: blogging Africa's modernity." The other day (and last year) he noted the Nigerian radio station, Wazobia, which broadcasts, not in English, but in pidgin. Nigerians seem to be creating their own method of communicating across 400+ languages.Both posts include videos that are great examples of how Nigerians meet the challenges of integrating millions of people in a huge metropolis.
The Rise of Innovative TV and Radio Local Programming
About gone are the days when many African broadcasters simply ran old American TV shows because it was cheaper to buy and run them than to make their own local programming. Today, local programming is no longer money-losing content national broadcasters must run so as to satisfy the daily quota of local programming the government insists must be shown. Today, all across the continent, broadcasters are proving quality, innovative local programming can outsell foreign.
Nigeria: The Versatility of Pidgin English
See also Wazobia Radio
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Labels: civil society, cleavages, demographics, Nigeria
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