“Video killed the radio star” (just not in Sierra Leone)
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It’s July 9th 22.30 and Jacob arrives to our hotel-like guest house, he’s 2 hours late..
We throw him into a cab and race off. Destination: UN. We’re waaay to many squeezed into such a little cab but nobody seems to mind–our thoughts are elsewhere. Jokes fly around, some a bit harsh others plain silly.
The cab stops, we stuble out and walk over to the UN guards who let us in after looking at our passports. We’re close now. Just a few meters in front of us is the UN radio station where DJ Base - old war hero, now radio star - welcomes us. We’ll be on Sierra Leones most popular radio show in 20min.
Jacob and I do media; taking pictures and recording video. David and Mathias do radio; talking - with two other Sierra Leoneans - about community service and volunteerism, and the idealogy that everyone could make an impact on their community, including youths.
It’s a huge success. People call in from all over the country to ask questions and the number of text messages is sky-rocketing. The show goes on for about an hour and a half.
We took a cab back to the guest house and go straight to bed. What a night!
-Morten