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Volunteers fight to save Congo’s TV archives

Africanews · 20 days ago
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Africanews
20 days ago

Since 2019, Boukambou and a handful of fellow volunteers have worked to save these archives in the national broadcaster's former headquarters in the capital Brazzaville, whose ceilings are crumbling to the ground.

Breakdown
  • Volunteers began preserving Telekongo’s archives in 2019. 13s
  • Telekongo holds unique footage from as early as the 1920s. 1m 12s
  • The archives document sports, music, news, and political trials. 1m 22s
  • Plans include digitization with help from France’s broadcasting institute. 2m 0s
  • Telekongo has suffered from underfunding and competition since before the 1990s. 2m 8s
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