Published in the New York Times on Thursday, January 26, 2012. Read the original article here. Every Sunday evening, seven million Kenyans sit in front of their television sets to watch “Makutano Junction,” a soap opera set in a fictional village. In one episode, audiences watch as a woman, Mama Mboga, holds her crying infant. [...]
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Soap operas with a social message
Posted in Film, Published articles, tagged Education entertainment, International development, Mass media, New York Times, Radio, Soap opera, Television on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking News: Obama Going Gray
Posted in Humor, Politics, tagged Humor, New York Times, Obama, Satire, The Onion on March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who haven’t discovered the sheer comic brilliance of The Onion, please check out “America’s Finest News Source” now. Wait, not now. First finish reading! So this week’s top story, titled “Obama outfitted with 238 motion capture sensors for 3-D record of presidency,” chronicles the excitement felt by area historians on how [...]
