tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486171.post111012175884156879..comments2023-12-30T21:13:14.551-05:00Comments on The Salon: MTV Base AfricaTheMalauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13234958400648325094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486171.post-1110389762054844952005-03-09T12:36:00.000-05:002005-03-09T12:36:00.000-05:00I am really curious about MTV's plans. Someone to...I am really curious about MTV's plans. Someone told me to not worry because they might do the same as MTV India - which apparently features a lot of music from local artists. But in my mind Indian music = Bollywood music. Bollywood is huge, so in that respect it would have been a mistake to ignore the local scene. <br />What about Africa now? African music doesn't generate as much money as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486171.post-1110283654718187372005-03-08T07:07:00.000-05:002005-03-08T07:07:00.000-05:00Thank you Ingrid. I hope you will not be disappoin...Thank you Ingrid. I hope you will not be disappointed. Thank you for Congo Watch (and ALL THE OTHER WATCHES YOU HAVE)!!!! It gives me hope that people haven't totally stopped caring yet, and that's quite refreshing. I'll get back to you on other bloggers from Sudan. You should register add youself at <A HREF="http://allafrica.com/afdb/blogs/" REL="nofollow">Blog Africa</A>, it should help.<br /><TheMalauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234958400648325094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486171.post-1110281624878150532005-03-08T06:33:00.000-05:002005-03-08T06:33:00.000-05:00Hi Ingrid,
I see that you have found TheMalau via ...Hi Ingrid,<br />I see that you have found TheMalau via the Blogosphere as well. This is the guy I was talking about today (March 8th).<br /><br />Hi Malau (or should we call you Ali?),<br />As I was reading some of the brief research I had done for the FESPACO postings I came across an artilce which stated that African filmmakers' films constituted only about 1% of the films available in AfricanBREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486171.post-1110141078514561622005-03-06T15:31:00.000-05:002005-03-06T15:31:00.000-05:00Hello TheMalau, Thank you for linking to my blogs ...Hello TheMalau, Thank you for linking to my blogs Congo Watch and Africa Aid Watch. I had no idea anyone was linking to them, I only use them as e-filing cabinets for scrap notes and reference reports!<br /><br />One of my regular (almost daily) blogs is Sudan Watch at http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com which has quite a few blogs linking to it but not many Africans or Arabs, which I find rather Ingrid J. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451813216666237295noreply@blogger.com