ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS, DIPLOMATS, SCHOLARS AGREE: AFRICA NEWS IS A MUST

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• Document Release Date: October 22, 2004
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A nationalist guerrilla with machine-gun in hand. The victims of famine
combing the desert for food. The corrupt dictator swindling his countrymen.
Americans collide with stark images of Africa from time to time in the news
media. But solid information is almost always in short supply, leaving a
vacuum too often filled by sensationalism and stereotyping.
The cover photo of this mailer shows a soldier of the POLISARIO indepen-
dence movement of Western Sahara. POLISARIO's war against Mauritania
and U.S.-backed Morocco is but one story that AFRICA NEWS covered long
before the media gatekeepers deemed it "newsworthy."
Yet the need for a more complete understanding of the continent is growing.
Africa supplies an increasing proportion of our raw materials, everything
from our morning tea or coffee to the gas in our automobiles. American
investment is soaring. U.S, credits and sales are arming a half-dozen or more
countries embroiled in unfolding military conflicts, Political and economic
developments in Africa are not as remote as we might be tempted to think.
They weigh heavily in the plans of foreign policy makers in Washington,
For five years AFRICA NEWS has provided pace-setting coverage of the
continent, serving radio stations, newspapers, libraries, embassies and
research facilities. Encouraged by our success, we are out to make our
highly-regarded weekly digest available at prices within the means of more
individuals.
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Theo Ben Gurirab, United Nations representative, SWAPO (South West
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African People
s Organization): "extremely indispensible and invalu-
Lowell Ware, editor, Atlanta Voice: "the most authentic news we have able service."
been able to acquire about Africa."
Zambian Foreign Minister Siteke Mwale: "brief yet detailed, unbiased orUche ganChukumerije, editor, Afriscope, Lagos, Nigeria: "an excellent
and up-to-date. We keep tuned to AFRICA NEWS because it covers and
interprets the major stories from Africa." Prexy Nesbitt, coordinator, Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South
Africa: "To organize a movement in the U.S. in support of genuine
John Marcum, former President, African Studies Association: "invalu- African liberation, it is essential to us to have available the information
able to anyone who wishes to follow and understand events on the and services provided by AFRICA NEWS."
African continent."
Wes Moore, News Director, KDIA, Oakland: "We need organizations
David Wiley, Associate Director, African Studies Center, Michigan like AFRICA NEWS to help us get organized and to show us how to bring
State University: "a unique source of information from the African press pressure on news media like the I work for to live up to their
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WHAT YOU GET
FROM
AFRICA NEWS -
? Incisive reporting-often the first
in the U.S.-on American involve-
ment in Africa, everything from
official policy to mercenary
recruitment to the impact of
multinational corporations.
? A look at African life and culture,
from the newest African pop
music to the changing roles of
women,
? Profiles of the raw materials that
lure outside powers to Africa,
commodities such as oil, uranium,
diamonds, coffee, cocoa and
sugar.
? The only consistent coverage of
the continent's leading news
stories from week to week, includ-
ing a regular in-depth feature
that goes behind the headlines.
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