Presentation Journal: The Rest of the World (Nigeria, Afghanistan and Togo)

Nigeria, Afghanistan and Togo all seem to have a common theme of poverty and corruption, perhaps with a few glimmers of hope. Nigeria, which has a religious struggle with the population divided 50-50 between Christianity and Islam, uses media, such as radio, to defame the other faith. Their technology is also very unreliable and slow. Their film industry is legitimized through video piracy and corruption. In Togo, the media was used as a tool by the dictatorship, making conflict between the locals and the elites. Afghanistan is a complete mess from the U.S. invasion and Taliban occupancy. During the Taliban rule, a lot of the media was banned, including the broadcast of film, television, music, video and printed imagery. They could only broadcast religious sermons. State radio has always been considered untrustworthy, so people looked outside their country for news from media, like the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Just like Nigeria, Afghanistan’s technology is unreliable and money often gets tied up or ‘lost’ through corruption in government or outside influence.