Stories: Tv
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Senegal’s Sufi Celebrities
Parting a sea of bystanders and inquiring fans, a man with the air of a rock star strode into the Sen TV studios, in Dakar, Senegal. Inside, he silenced his four cell phones and sat in front of the green screen, a massive Koran displayed prominently before him, and got ready to hold forth for his audience, out there in...
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Reel to Real: Zambian TV Show Inspires Sex Education Scheme for Deaf People
Amos Simbeye grew up in a world of silence. Until he began attending a school for deaf children in Lusaka, Zambia, he had limited ways of communicating and few opportunities to learn about sex. In a country where 14.3% of the adult population is HIV positive (pdf), Amos and other deaf young people are for the...
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Soap Operas for Safe Sex
Pastor Kangwa Chileshe leads a dual life. In addition to his mission work, Chileshe plays one of the lead characters in Zambian TV drama Love Games, in which he plays a divorcé pursuing a married woman embroiled in an abusive relationship. If this plot line sounds a bit risqué to you, it's all the more...