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Positive Media Coverage of Africa
Regular Thursday Metro host Shareef Aleem is joined by George Bamu from Cameroon in a discussion about media coverage in Africa. Bamu heads the organization Africa Agenda. Africa Agenda organized an event at Community College of Aurora(CCA) on 5/8 from 5-7 pm in honor of World Free Press Day.
The CCA event brought together journalists, bloggers, community leaders, professors, and laypeople. They discussed ways to tell better stories about Africa. Moreover, they explored ways to build partnerships that would better the community.
Thursday, May 8, 2014, on KGNU 88.5 FM, Denver, Boulder, Nederland, Colorado
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About Africa Agenda
Founded in 2004 by George Bamu and formed as a 501C(3) non-profit organization, governed under Colorado state and the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) laws, Africa Agenda’s mission is to promote positive African News through engagement with the community, mass media outlets, leaders and lay people.
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