Adam Bemma

  • The Arusha Declaration 2.0: A new #media protocol for #pressfreedom in #Tanzania

    Dr. Ayub Rioba is a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. At the World Press Freedom Day conference in Arusha, Dr. Rioba produced a document known as the “Arusha declaration on media protocol in Tanzania.” This Arusha declaration 2.0 brought together ideas from journalists and media organizations from all…

    Adam Bemma

  • Tears from Teshie – Accra, Ghana’s coastal crisis

    ACCRA, Ghana — The rape of a 13-year-old girl by a group of three young men from her own village was one of the first reported cases in 2013. Outside of LEKMA hospital in Accra, near the coastal fishing village of Teshie, the grandmother of the young rape victim puts a handkerchief over her face…

    Adam Bemma

  • The proliferation of e-waste in Africa (full length documentary)

    Used – second hand- electronics arrive on the shores of Ghana to help bridge Africa’s digital divide. Much of what arrives from North America, Europe and Australia is beyond repair and ends up at an Accra slum known as “Sodom and Gomorrah.” This is where electronics are broken down and burned to retrieve valuable metals.…

    Adam Bemma

  • M is for Mzungu! – Tanzania, Zanzibar and Kenya

    Nairobi, Kenya The day I arrived at the border town of Nakonde, Zambia I was confused. It was 4am and pitch black outside. I looked out of the bus window and wiped the morning dew from my eyes. All I could see in the darkness was hordes of men standing around the bus waiting for…

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  • Accra, Ghana: The city of African liberation

    “Obruney, obruney! [white man, white man]” the little black girl screams as she runs into the street, arms flailing from side-to-side, as I pass her home. I wave back and immediately my frown turns into a smile. It’s scenes like these that can turn any depressing day into a happy one. I was always walking…

    Adam Bemma

  • Plastic is the scourge of Africa

    Yesterday, the BBC reported Mauritania’s environment minister is planning to implement a ban on plastic bags in the West African nation. A bold step. Not all plastic, I assure you, but small, thin plastic bags. The ones you receive from salespeople on the street, and at every shop when purchasing small items (even when it’s…

    Adam Bemma

  • Pravda World News Tonight – first edition

    The very first episode of Pravda World News Tonight aired Dec. 19, 2012 on Pravda Radio 93.5 in Accra, Ghana. This is Africa’s first independently produced world news program. Featuring an in-depth interview with Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana’s independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, the program also features Didier Awadi’s song “Amandla” which is dedicated to…

    Adam Bemma
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