Living Water for a Thirsty Land; Trans World Radio Broadcasts New Songhai Program to West Africans.

PR Newswire | June 26, 2000 | Copyright

CARY, N.C., June 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Under the Mali night sky, a fire crackles and glows, lighting up the dark. Songhai villagers gather to celebrate together with story and music. Through song and dance, the griot (African storyteller) proudly recounts tales of great kings and battles. Until it fell to the Moroccan army in the late 16th century, the Songhai empire was the largest and most powerful kingdom in medieval West Africa. The Songhai have since watched their once-grand world shrink as the advancing Sahara desert swallows village after village.

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