By David Smith, 1 May 2013
Radio threatens many of Africa's big men.
Thugs working for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe have recently
been confiscating and destroying receivers. Eritrea's President Isaias
Afewerki stopped issuing import licenses. Other iron-fisted rulers
such as Swaziland's King Mswati III and Sudan's President Omar
al-Bashir rarely hand out frequencies, thus reducing the range of
independent radio.
The actions taken by these big men merely confirm radio's supremacy in
Africa. It may be old technology, but it is still relevant and
appropriate. While not everybody owns a radio, most people have access
to one.
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