Getting News in Africa

Have you ever wondered how different people in Africa get their news? Well, I have! There are over fifty different, free countries in Africa, such as Kenya, Madagascar, Ethiopia, and Morocco. There are also many different languages, such as Swahili. Africa also has a lot of tribes and each tribe has its own tribal dialect. Here is a fact: there are over 77 million people in Egypt alone. Since Egypt is only one of Africa's 50 countries, there are obviously a lot of people in Africa.

So, I wondered how people communicate and share their news in such a big continent with so many highly populated countries. Some people are so isolated that they don't get any news. An example would be a farmer only needs to know how good or bad the weather is going to be so he can produce and sell at the marketplace. The farmer doesn't need a newspaper, radio, or television to predict the weather. He would traditionally use the sun, the moon, and the stars. Other people live near a city that speaks the same language or languages that they do. Many people can easily get their news translated into their native tongue.

A lot of news is spread by talk. More developed areas of Africa also have phones, internet, and televisions right at home or in a nearby common place. Highly populated cities, such as Cairo or Johannesburg, have news in multiple languages.