Media

The BookBox project: how television can shape literacy

September 2006 -

It is an idea with great promise. Transforming children’s stories into animated books for television and digital media, using Same Language Subtitling (SLS), can change how millions read in India.

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Sequel to popular Kenyan soap

September 2006 -

The soap series Makutano Junction is popular in Kenya. After only thirteen episodes, five million Kenyans were addicted fans of this first high-quality soap series in East Africa.

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Citizen journalism hot on television channels in India

August 2006 -

Getting viewers to engage actively in the collating and presenting of news on television is becoming a standard feature of many news channels in India.

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Africaserver

september 2006 -

Inspiring news from and about Africa.

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Resistance[s] - experimental films from the Arabic world

July 2006 -

The dvd compilation Resistance[s] shows the surprising and varied work of eight filmmakers from the Arabic world.

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Enter (World Press Photo)

june 2006 -

On-line magazine of the World Press Photo’s education department.

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Filming is boxing in Central America

May 2006 -

Cinergia is a film fund operating under the wings of the HIVOS Culture Fund. Cinergia, with offices in Costa Rica since 2003, has assigned itself the task of stimulating the film sector in Central America and Cuba.

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New collection of poems by Christopher Magadza on Poetry International Web

May 2006 -

Poetry International Web, the global poetry forum, recently published a complete collection of poems by Christopher Magadza from Zimbabwe.

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Cartoons should get people thinking

March 2006 -

Indian cartoonist Sharad Sharma on the controversial Danish cartoons: "Only two of the ten cartoons get people thinking: they are simultaneously funny and controversial."

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CinemAsia Film Festival attracts a wide, young audience

maart 2006 -

The CinemAsaia Film Festival is strikingly popular among young Dutch people with Asian roots, a group that is active within their own closed circuit in particular and therefore difficult to reach.

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