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March 20, 2009

Radio project 2009 update

Here is a long overdue update on the radio project, for those who have followed its tortuous progress over the last few years.

1)We have started broadcasting two programmes a week on the new(ish) FM radio station in Djibo.

a) The first is on Tuesday nights and is a series in Fulfulde called 'Laawol Dartingol' (The Way of Righteousness). Each programme is pre-recorded and consists of twenty minutes of Bible study and ten minutes of music / folk story. It's a very slow-burning series, because it spends more than a year on foundational Old Testament stuff, things that Islam and Christianity have in common. Only then will it start to examine the life and teaching of Iisaa Al Masiihu (Jesus Christ).

b) the second is on Sunday nights and consists of rather more overt Christian teaching, this time in the Moré language (majority language of the Christian community here).

2)We have started construction of a recording studio to house all the radio equipment that we already have. Note that we are no longer planning to transmit from this studio – it will be a base for recording and editing programmes (mostly in Fulfulde) for transmission on other stations, including the Djibo one. The concrete shell is built, but we currently don't have enough money to put a roof on! If you would like to donate to this, please drop me a line at sahelsteve [at] ntlworld [dot] com

Posted by sahelsteve at March 20, 2009 01:17 PM