It would be nice to have a pool of activities to write about, especially literary activities going on in the African community. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area there are very few if any plays, films and other literary activities that I am aware of even after perusing the announcement boards of such institutions like Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. Don’t get me wrong; there are a lot of activities going on. They are just out of the interest of KilimanjaroMedia. Do you have anything going on in the neck of your woods such as a staged play, a film premiere, a book signing, or a new television series? Let me know about it so we can put it on our site. I would like to include a message board on this site whereby we can talk about art and culture, entertainment and other issues about the Africans living outside of Africa. There is a steady stream of visitors to the site, so I know people are coming in anonymously to check KilimanjaroMedia out, which is the way I want it. I am adding a function for my readers to respond to this page. If there were adequate traffic to begin a discussion board, then maybe I would create a forum. Let’s stay away from anything that has to do with politics and governments in Africa. There are many sites already dedicated to things like that. This is about literature and things related to literature. For instance, did you just arrive, or are you going back to Africa? Please write us a travelogue! Do you live in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada or even on the African continent? Well, there is so much happening in the literary arts!
You know, I am interested in materials that are fresh and refreshing, and engaging too. Just this last week my daughter and I redesigned the front page. I am sharing with my visitors some photos that I took while visiting Nigeria many years ago. They were sitting on my hard drive (gathering dust). I hope in the future I can travel on the continent and share my photos. Do you have photos to share? Well, how about a photo blog on our site? There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If you have no passion or time, for building a blog or a website, you can still share your materials on our website. If you are sending any photos, please save them as jpeg. I am working on a few projects of my own, but I don’t want to announce anything yet until I can upload it for cyber consumption. You know, I would love to publish an anthology of new writing in Africa, which in reality, is one of the reasons I put up this site. I have received some submissions that needed extensive editing, so I am gradually getting to speed on that one.
Okay, this is something I have been musing about. We do have a RadioKilimanjaro. My wish is for the radio station to broadcast radio plays and documentaries on the internet. If you would tune in or contribute broadcast material I would like to hear from you. I have plugged a few ideas, what do you think? That is for now. See you shortly.
Onitsha photo taken by Jide Osikomaiya