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Kenya: Daily Soap Opera to Be Launched Soon

[Translate] Kenyan producer Alison Ngibuini and founder of production house Al Is On Productions is working on the first ever East African soap opera. “Initially it will air twice a week. This will be our very own Bold and the Beautiful, our own Rhythm City or Scandal. We already have a sponsor on board and a TV partner but that will be revealed...

Africa: Tupac’s Godfather – RIP in Africa

[Translate] Julie Frederikse Born in the swamps of Louisiana as Elmer Pratt, he died at the foot of Mount Kilamanjaro as Geronimo ji-Jaga. From decorated Vietnam war veteran to anti- government Black Panther, he was wrongfully imprisoned for as long as Nelson Mandela. It was during his 27 years in California state prisons, including the notorious San...

Tanzania: Is It Still Music Or Soft Porn?

[Translate] Opinion by Stella Brikey for The Citizen Pop stars Rihanna, Britney Spears, and even Shakira have been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons as they try to trump each other in very non musical ways- sexuality.Lately, there is almost no pop star that shoots a new video while wearing more than a string and a bra.Their tools: lap dance,...

Gambia: Jammeh wants to be King

[Translate] By ARTIS HENDERSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal – Gambia’s president once claimed to have developed a cure for AIDS that involved an herbal body rub and bananas. His administration rounded up nearly 1,000 people last year in a witch hunt. And now he may soon have a new title in this tiny West African nation: His majesty. Tribal...

China in Senegal

[Translate] httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz0bhb5m3pQ&feature=player_embedded

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