The website at www.TalkWithFunmi.comis about more than just the TV show. Yes you'll be able to get access to all the latest exclusive clips, sneak previews of the show and watch full episodes online. TalkWithFunmi.com is also a community, a community of like minded travelers in life, and like all good communities it allows you to share with your friends.
A Nigerian just won an international award; The New Yorker is the first site to publish it. There's a crisis in Jos--and there it is--'Nigeria is on fire' only in The London Times. Our offshore president has been away on an 'unconstitutional' sick leave, and he thinks the only 'appropriate' avenue to talk to over 150 million Nigerians is the BBC.
The colonialists first said we didn't have a story because it wasn't written. But that's not true, we had our storytellers; we had children gather every evening to listen to folktales and sing songs. Those were our stories. Things have changed; our stories are now written but here is still the question--for how long will we allow our stories be told by others? For how long will a story coming from outside the continent make it look real? When will Africans start telling their own stories?
The colonialists first said we didn't have a story because it wasn't written. But that's not true, we had our storytellers; we had children gather every evening to listen to folktales and sing songs. Those were our stories. Things have changed; our stories are now written but here is still the question--for how long will we allow our stories be told by others? For how long will a story coming from outside the continent make it look real? When will Africans start telling their own stories?
Talk With Funmi will premiere exclusively on DSTV's Africa Magic channel at 7pm on February the 7th 2010. So cancel your appointments and prepare to watch an entirely new type of programme.
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