In 1990 when the small West African country Benin made the transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, one of the byproducts of the new regime was community radio. Today there are about forty community radio stations in the country, the largest in the region. Owned and operated by local people, these stations play a central role in local political and community life, and as Radio Bani Ganse, a new documentary — in French with Dutch subtitles and produced by the Dutch TV station VPRO — illustrates, community radio also has direct impacts on communities’ economic survival.
For more about the film (if you can read Dutch) and to see the documentary, go here.
BTW, see also the ‘Africa‘ page of VPRO to view more films focusing on the continent.
Hat Tip: Wendy Willems.
thanks for this information & good blog