Online streaming African music. "plays all genres of African music, soweto, zouk, hiphop, highlife, makossa, afrobeat, soca, reggae,..." "ABADIE is obtained from the Anang language spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon; it means "How are you doing!" http://abadieradio.blogspot.com/
Ethiopian music and radio. To listen requires a high-speed internet connection. "contemporary, popular, and traditional Ethiopian music .............. features traditional Ethiopian songs such as
Tizita, Bati, and Ambassel played by modern and traditional musical instruments.......
includes hundreds of popular and contemporary songs by famous
Ethiopian artists such as Tilahun Gessesse, Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete,
Aster Aweke, Gigi, Neway Debebe, Ephrem Tamiru and more." News, photographs. Artist interviews, short stories (in Amharic). Links to artists' sites. [KF] http://www.addislive.com/
"weekly radio programme which features discussion
and debate on topical issues of importance to Africans on the
continent, Britain and the rest of the Diaspora, including art reviews
and news analysis. TA is based and sponsored by the Africa Centre in
London." Listen to past programs (requires sound card, speakers or headset, and program such as Real Player). http://www.talkingafrica.org/
Listen to African music 24/7 with live DJs (click on Listen Live Now). Discussion (male-female relationships for ex.), interviews with musicians. Music videos (from YouTube). Site owned by Hassan Bakarr, CEO and founder of Mama Africa Productions and Salone Bor Bor entertainment. Based in Roslindale, Massachusetts. http://www.africanradioonline.com
African music internet radio and videos. African, Afro-Caribbean, Reggae, Jazz, Zouk, Oldies and Today's Hits 24/7. Artist interviews, CD reviews, news. Has the video, Ugandan All Stars - A Little bit of Love. http://myafricanmusic.com
Broadcast, Film and Convergence
E-mail newsletter on TV, radio, film in Africa. Free subscription.
Published by Balancing Acts' Southwood Consultants Ltd. http://www.afridigital.net/
In French and English. Short news articles, audio clips (need Windows
Media Player), the President
of Cameroun's activities, information about CRTV.
[KF] http://www.crtv.cm
Information on political radio stations such as Radio Baydhabo which "broadcasts
in support of the Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA), Somalia. See the Clandestine
Radio Intel directory of stations from guerilla and opposition radio
stations from Congo-Kinshasa, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Western
Sahara, etc. Some have detailed histories. Has full text
of its newsletter, Clandestine
Radio Watch and a report "Investigative
Report: Liberian Situation and Star Radio: Bureaucratization of Clandestine
Radio" By Nick Grace C. January 30, 1998. Based in Washington, D.C.
[KF] http://www.clandestineradio.com
Supports "independent radio stations in young democracies through professional development in journalism, programming, station management, and finance." Examples - using radio in Sierra Leone to fight corruption, a radio station in a South African township which helps solve community problems. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.developingradiopartners.org/
Development Through Radio Project
Site has closed. On the Development Through Radio Project in Sierra Leone.
"The project [of the Forum of Conscience, in Freetown which] gives
30 women’s groups access to policy makers and the wider development
aid community through airing their concerns and aspirations on national
radio." Has case studies from war victims, discussions on Reparations
and Testimonials from the community on a variety of topics and issues. On
Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Forum
Of Conscience (FOC), a Sierra Leone based human rights organization. Has
a survey of women’s radio listening patterns in Sierra Leone.
See also Mercy
Wambui, 2003 Reuters Digital Visions Fellow at Stanford University.
[KF] http://www.dtronline.org/
In French. Radio program produced by SYFIA, "un réseau de journalistes
francophones africains, canadiens, asiatiques et européens." Audio
files are online but may be slow to load.Syfia also publishes Bulletin
de Presse de SYFIA (Montpellier, France). http://www.syfia.info/fr/radiointro.asp
Wisconsin Public Radio program playing music with African roots (from Africa, U.S., Brazil, Caribbean and beyond). Playlists. Hosted by Jonathan Overby http://www.wpr.org/higherground/
In French. "un bureau d'études qui fournit des services dans le domaine
de la communication, des télécommunications et du développement rural."
Supports rural radio in Africa, has audio clips of traditional
oral history recordings. Offices in Berne, Switzerland and Dakar,
Senegal. [KF] http://www.intermedia-consultants.net/
Gathers information on projects to develop technology for rural telecommunications
applications. Summaries and full text case studies. Use the Search, by Country,
to locate studies on by country, for example -
Rural Community Radio Stations in Mali (also in French).
Multipurpose Community Telecentres: In support of People-Centred
Development (Mali). http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/fg7/
Web site for an Accra FM radio station. Music and the news in English
and Twi. Has a business directory, Ghanaian proverbs, local news and events,
feature stories such as on the new Asantehene, the budget, AIDS, discussion
on Ghana, etc. http://www.myjoyonline.com/radio/
News, the Nairobi Stock Exchange, weather. Listen to news in Swahili.
Information about Kenya TV and radio. "Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
is a state corporation established by an Act of Parliamen... to undertake
public services." [KF] http://www.kbc.co.ke/
Has some radio programs not at the MIT site. Covers Benin, Ghana, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania. From COMFM in France. http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/?k=1
News of press freedom violations in Southern Africa, links to member radio and TV web sites, action alerts, full
text papers from MISA's May 2001 Seminar, directories
of Southern African newspapers and Southern African radio stations,
MISA chapters, lists of their publications, training for media practitioners.
MISA,
based in Windhoek, Namibia, is an NGO with members in 11 of the Southern
Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Their Southern
African Media Directory 2004/2005 is 139 pages, in
pdf. Based in Windhoek Namibia. [KF] http://www.misa.org/
Current Zimbabwe news, commentary, road accidents, business, courts, the diaspora, religion, sports, entertainment, videos. See also Nehanda TV. http://nehandaradio.com/
"100% Nigerian music" Internet radio station, news, sports and exclusive interviews. From Virgo Visions Media, Houston Texas. http://www.nigerianwebradio.com
"OneWorld Radio AIDS Network is a community of broadcasters, NGOs
and activists coming together in the fight against AIDS. The network launches
with 100 member organizations and radio stations across the world. Globally,
radio programming is being used to share experiences of AIDS and to give
advice on reducing risk and supporting those living with HIV/AIDS."
http://radio.oneworld.net/
Listen to the Pan African Allstars internet Radio. Sells music DVDs, CDs. Audio samples. Music discussion forums. Site based in College Park, Georgia. http://www.panafricanallstars.com/
In Arabic and English. Radio station by Darfuri for Darfuri, operating since 1 December 2008. Current news. "a project of the Radio Darfur Network, a coalition of Sudanese journalists and international (media) development organizations, ......Radio Dabanga is conceived, operated and facilitated by Free Press Unlimited in the Netherlands." http://radiodabanga.org/
Listen to Angolan music - kizomba. (requires soundcard, speakers/headset).
The Embassy of Angola U.K. site also has kizomba
music. Web site based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.CanalAngola.net
In Portuguese. Independent Catholic radio station in Angola which carries
news including very brief selections from Angolan newspapers, important
documents such as statements from the Catholic Bishops of Angola
and Sao Tome, interviews with the political opposition. Includes audio reports. [KF] http://www.radioecclesia.org/
See also article "Tightening Controls on Media Worry Journalists in
Angola" by Rachel L. Swarns in New York Times, Sept. 20, 2000,
A8. [KF]
In English, French, Hausa, Swahili, Portuguese. Promotes the use of radio as a tool for building peace. Reports on the media (radio, TV, newspapers, cellphones, internet) environment in Angola, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Discussion forums. Database of radio professionals. Audio radio programs for registered users. A project of Search for Common Ground. Based in Brussels, Belgium. [KF] http://www.radiopeaceafrica.org/
Reports such as -
SOMALIA - African Media Development Initiative. Research findings and conclusions, Jamal Abdi Ismail, BBC World Service Trust, 2006. 97 pages in PDF SIERRA LEONE - African Media Development Initiative. Research findings and conclusions, David Tam-Baryoh, BBC World Service Trust, 2006. 89 p. in PDF
ANGOLA - The African Media Development Initiative. Research findings and conclusions, 2006, Cândido Mendes and Barnaby Smith, BBC World Service Trust, 2006. 67 p. in PDF
In French. Listen to news in French with African reporters using Real
Player. Or listen to African musicians and read their biographies.http://www.rfi.fr/
In French. Civil society radio station in Bamako,
Mali. A radio cooperative founded to
promote tolerance, respect, and democratic vigilance. http://www.radiokayira.info/
In French. "une Radio commerciale, et generaliste cree le 15 Aout 1991" May be the first Malian radio station to broadcast online. Based in Bamako, Mali. http://www.radioliberte.info/
In French. Independent radio station. Current reports from articles in the Central African Republic press. Published by Fondation Hirondelle. http://www.radiondekeluka.org/
In French, Kiswahili, Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba. Listen to broadcasts
from this radio station for Congo news. (Requires soundcard, speakers or
headset). Sponsored by the United
Nations. Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and
Fondation Hirondelle. Web site
based in Lausanne, Switzerland. [KF] http://www.radiookapi.net/
The Network, based in Paris, is composed of donor agencies. Has the latest
news on the media (newspapers / radio) in Africa, a directory
of African journalist associations, directory of press centres, full
text media status reports (the media sector in the country, including
the media landscape and its stakeholders, the legal framework, the role
of donors and the sector's support needs) for Burundi, Cameroon,
Ethiopia, Niger, Togo. For each country, has a "List of newspapers,
completed with indicators on the importance of their audience (frequency,
average circulation, number of staff...) and addresses," a list
of radio broadcasters, and two maps. Donors
include governments, foundations and international bodies. Has a directory
of media organizations by country. http://www.gret.org/mediapartner/index.htm
Edited by Lisbeth A. Levey and Stacey Young. Developed by the Project
for Information Access and Connectivity (PIAC). (Johannesburg, South Africa:
Zann Hoad Sharp Sharp Media (Pty) Ltd., 2002.). Full text of a book
on the history of the internet in Africa, with a timeline
(and maps). Covers the role of African NGOs, especially SANGONET,
a photo essay (includes community radio in Mozambique, women's enterprises),
African content on the web including from the Diaspora, ICT in
African universities, ICT funding in Africa, accounts of the beginnings
of the internet in Africa by some of its pioneers. [KF] http://www.piac.org/rowing_upstream/
"music and talk broadcasting network... to serve the African and African American people in the United States" "focuses on African (Hi-life, Juju, Soukous, Hip life, Kwaito) and many more music styles from the continent..." BBC news. Based in Alexandria, Virginia. http://www.sunlightradio.com/
"The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe" is a short-wave liberation
radio station based in London broadcasting news on the political situation
in Zimbabwe and music. Listen to past programs any time (requires soundcard,
headset/speakers, Windows Media Player). Run by Zimbabweans, operated by
Gerry Jackson who once ran the first independent station in Zimbabwe which
was subsequently closed down by the govt. It broadcasts on the 6145khz wavelength
in the 49m band, daily 6 - 9 pm Zimbabwe time. See also a print article
in Southern Africa Report, (Johannesburg), Vol. 20, No. 2, Jan. 11,
2002. http://www.swradioafrica.com
Nigeria's national world-wide radio station. "Founded in 1961, the
Voice of Nigeria began life as the External Service of the then Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria)."
Includes selected audio files of broadcasts, an audio file of the national
anthem, facts about Nigeria, photographs. Offices in Abuja and Lagos.
[KF] http://www.voiceofnigeria.org/
Listen to Kenyan popular music on Radio Wakilisha. Requires username and
password (free) to see multi media features. Lists events in the U.S. Based
in Florida. [KF] http://www.wakilisha.com
San Francisco Bay Area Programs
KALW, 91.7 FM
Radio - Thursday, 9 pm features "Kumpo Beat" ("For
three hours every week, Henri-Pierre Koubaka hosts a program
of African music, philosophy, and folk culture.") Listen to live
broadcasts. http://www.sfusd.edu/programs/kalw/kalw.htm KKUP 91.5 FM Radio - Emmanuel
Nado's "Echoes of Africa", Mondays, 3 - 6 pm and Vince
Gbenga's "Afro-Spirit", 2nd and 4th Fridays, 9 pm - midnight.
Listen to past Afro-Spirit programs in Real Audio. http://www.kkup.com/nado.html KPFA 94.1 FM Radio
- Africa Today with Walter Turner, Mondays 7pm - 8 pm. "A weekly
half hour news program providing information and analysis about Africa and
the African Diaspora. Africa Today seeks to update listeners on contemporary
developments in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and the United States.
The program utilizes an interview and discussion format to explore political,
social, economic, and cultural themes relative to the African experience."
http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1b_afric.htm
Print Sources
Friedman, Thomas L. "Low-Tech Democracy" in the New York
Times, May 1, 2001, page A27
On the influence of FM radio in the Ghana presidential election. Advocates
making aid / debt relief conditional on African governments' permitting
free FM radio stations.
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