Radio Documentary; "The Ravaging of Africa"

Researcher and writer, Asad Ismi and Kristin Schwartz, News Director of CKLN at Ryerson University received a contribution from the SJF to participate in the World Social Forum in Nairobi and develop a four-part radio documentary series on the Ravaging of Africa. This radio series consists of four half-hour shows focused on the United States' military and economic domination of Africa and African resistance to this.

Asad Ismi is an award winning writer on international politics. He is author of two books, nine reports and 90 articles and has written for 11 progressive labour unions and NGOs. For his publications visit www.asadismi.ws.

Kristin Schwartz has been News Director at CKLN 88.1fm since 2000. Her activist background includes many years in grassroots anti-racist movements in Toronto.

The series has been broadcast in part on "Making Contact", the U.S. National Radio Project's public affairs program heard on over 200 radio stations in the U.S., Canada, South Africa and Ireland.

Internationally, the series is distributed through key community radio websites including those of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, the Community Media Association in the United Kingdom, the National Campus/Community Radio Association in Canada and Pacifica Radio in the U.S. All this gives the documentary a potential global audience of 50 million people.

SJF Funding $1,000 December 2006