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Silent Deep: Africa

Start:
30.01.2009 - 15:00
End:
30.01.2009 - 17:00
Event type:
talk

SLUM TV: Biki Kangwana, Alexander Nikolic
SLUM-TV is a youth-run media cooperative in the Kenyan slum of Mathare. SLUM-TV members document the lives of the people in Mathare and facilitate a process of self assertion/definition through regular community screenings. Tackling the negative stereotypes developed in the mainstream media, SLUM-TV has fast become a hotbed for empowerment.
Biki Kangwana (SLUM TV) in Berlin, online with Alexander Nikolic (Nairobi), Sam Hopkins (Nairobi)
slum-tv.info

Project Discussion: Esther Polak, nomadicMILK
Esther Polak discusses her project NomadicMILK, which compares the distribution and sales strategies of two very different milk product merchands in Nigeria.
nomadicmilk.net

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