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Afrique to broadcast live from
FESPACO Film Festival
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French for Africa Service, 大象传媒 Afrique, will dedicate two flagship
programmes to FESPACO, the Pan-African film and television festival
held in Burkina Faso.
Fespaco
Diary (Journal du Fespaco) will broadcast live from Burkina Faso's
capital Ouagadougou from 22 February to 1 March at 18.20 GMT daily.
Presenter
Christian Ndounou-Delwami will keep listeners up-to-date with all
the happenings at this very special event.
Assisting
him will be journalists Mathieu Bonkoungou and Servais Koumako with
reports from the festival and exclusive interviews with directors,
actors and the fans of African film.
Africa
Live! (L'Afrique en Direct), a monthly, live interactive programme,
will devote a full hour to African cinema on 22 February from 11.00
GMT.
As
well as dipping into the FESPACO celebrations throughout the day,
they will also be responding to questions sent in by emails and
text messages from listeners around the globe.
Guests
on the programme will include Baba Hama, Secretary-General of FESPACO,
Mahamoudou Ou茅draogo, Minister of Culture for Burkina Faso,
as well as African directors, film critics and others.
Charles
Bambara, Editor of 大象传媒 Afrique, said: "Our presence at FESPACO
is yet another example of our dedication to bringing our listeners
closer to what is happening on the African continent.
"Our
special coverage raises awareness of African cinema and talent and
gives listeners an opportunity to get involved."
Listeners
can email their questions and telephone numbers for Africa Live!
to bbcafrique@bbc.co.uk
and will be called back on the day. Messages
can also be sent by text to +44 77 86 20 50 88.
Notes
to Editors
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Afrique is the world's reference radio in francophone Africa.
It
has built its reputation and its approach on strict editorial standards
based on principles of impartiality, objectivity and fairness and
can be heard on FM in a dozen French-speaking African countries
including Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and DR Congo.
And
it can be accessed online at
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World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages
and is available on radio and online.
It
has a global audience of 150 million listeners while its website
receives 100 million page impressions each month.
FESPACO
is the largest Pan-African film festival in Africa. It was started
in 1969, and is held every two years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The
festival runs from 22 February to 1 March, 2003.
As
well as being a showcase for new films, it provides an opportunity
for hundreds of directors, producers, distributors and actors to
meet up, do deals and discuss films.
The
official website is
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